Insecta - Hemiptera - Belostomatidae

Full reference: M. Boderau, A. Nel, S. Maksoud, P. Abi-Saad, and D. Azar. 2024. The first aquatic insect fossil from the Cenomanian Konservat-Lagerstätte of Haqel (Lebanon) fills a gap in the fossil record of giant water bugs (Heteroptera: Belostomatidae). Zootaxa 5562:11-22

Parent taxon: Belostomatidae according to M. Boderau et al. 2024

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

Subtaxa: Libanobelostoma calineae

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Type: Libanobelostoma calineae

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Haqel (Lebanese University MNH collection) (Cretaceous of Lebanon)

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