Insecta - Hemiptera - Belostomatidae
Synonym: Paranoikidae Zamboni et al. 2002
Parent taxon: Nepoidea according to D. A. Moura-Júnior et al. 2021
See also Criscione and Grimaldi 2017, Nel and Paicheler 1992, Popov 1971, Popov 1992, Popov 1996, Popov et al. 1994, Popov et al. 2000, Szwedo 2018, Vega et al. 2006, Whalley 1985 and Zhang 1989
Sister taxa: Cratonepa, Laccotrephes incertus, Nepidae
Subtaxa: Aenictobelostoma Belostoma goldfussi Belostomates Belostomates speciosum Belostomatinae Diplonychus rotundatus Lethocerinae Lethopterus Libanobelostoma Manocerus Scarabaeides Sphaerodema Stygeonepinae Triassonepa
Type: Belostoma
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (2: California collections)
• Miocene of China (3), France (1), Germany (2), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1), Turkey (1)
• Oligocene of the Czech Republic (1), France (1), Germany (1)
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (1)
• Paleocene of Canada (1: Alberta)
• Cretaceous of Brazil (6), China (1), Lebanon (1), Mexico (1), Mongolia (1), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (2)
• Jurassic of Germany (10), Poland (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (1: New Mexico)
• Triassic of United States (1: North Carolina)
Total: 45 collections including 57 occurrences