Cretamesovelia pellai Boderau et al. 2024 (water treader)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Mesoveliidae

Full reference: M. Boderau, V. Ngô-Muller, R. Garrouste and A. Nel. 2024. The second genus of pond treaders (Heteroptera: Mesoveliidae) from mid-Cretaceous amber of Myanmar. Annales de Paléontologie 110(102685)

Belongs to Cretamesovelia according to M. Boderau et al. 2024

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IGR.BU-087, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Burmese amber, Kachin amber (IGR Rennes coll), which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial amber in Myanmar.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (IGR Rennes coll)

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