Insecta - Hemiptera - Veliidae
Alternative spellings: Veliadae, Velides
Full reference: C. J. B. Amyot and J. G. Audinet-Serville. 1843. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Hémiptères 1-676
Parent taxon: Gerromorpha according to M. M. Solórzano Kraemer and V. Perrichot 2014
See also Andersen 1998, Andersen 2000, Andersen 2001, Bergroth 1893, Damgaard 2008, Damgaard 2012, Nel and Paicheler 1993, Popov 1971, Scudder 1890 and Szwedo 2018
Sister taxa: Gerroidea, Hebroidea, Hydrometroidea, Karanabis, Mesovelioidea
Subtaxa: Haloveliinae Microveliinae Ocelloveliinae Stenovelia Veliinae
Type: Velia
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (2 collections)
• Eocene of Denmark (1), the Russian Federation (2), United States (1: Colorado)
• Cretaceous of Australia (1), France (1), Myanmar (1)
• Jurassic of Mongolia (1)
Total: 10 collections including 13 occurrences