Triassonepa Criscione and Grimaldi 2017 (giant water bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Belostomatidae

Full reference: J. Criscione and D. Grimaldi. 2017. The oldest predaceous water bugs (Insecta, Heteroptera, Belostomatidae), with implications for paleolimnology of the Triassic Cow Branch Formation. Journal of Paleontology 91:1166-1177

Parent taxon: Belostomatidae according to J. Criscione and D. Grimaldi 2017

Sister taxa: Aenictobelostoma, Belostoma goldfussi, Belostomates, Belostomates speciosum, Belostomatinae, Diplonychus rotundatus, Lethocerinae, Lethopterus, Libanobelostoma, Manocerus, Scarabaeides, Sphaerodema, Stygeonepinae

Subtaxa: Triassonepa solensis

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Type: Triassonepa solensis

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Solite Quarries (VMNH collection) (Triassic of North Carolina)

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