Oligoptilomera Nel et al. 2023 (water strider)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Gerridae

Full reference: A. Nel, B. Mennecart, T. Spasojevic, A. Viertler, O. Maridet, L. Costeur, R. Garrouste and P. Coster. 2023. The first fossil representative of the water strider subfamily Ptilomerinae (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha: Gerridae) in the Oligocene paleolake of Murs (southern France) with some palaeoecological considerations. European Journal of Taxonomy 888:124-136

Parent taxon: Ptilomerinae according to A. Nel et al. 2023

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Oligoptilomera luberonensis

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Type: Oligoptilomera luberonensis

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Les Vergiers, Murs (Oligocene of France)

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