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Ochteroidea

Insecta - Hemiptera

Taxonomy
Ochteroidea was named by Kirkaldy (1906). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Gelastocoroidea by Szwedo (2018).

It was assigned to Nepomorpha by Nel and Paicheler (1992), Yao et al. (2007), Yao et al. (2011), Johnson et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Ochteroidea Kirkaldy
1992Ochteroidea Nel and Paicheler p. 171
2007Ochteroidea Yao et al. p. 827
2011Ochteroidea Yao et al. p. 592
2018Ochteroidea Johnson et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
Athalassocarida
LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
Cercofilata
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Clareocercaria
Acercaria()
superorderPancondylognatha
Condylognatha
orderHemiptera
suborderHeteroptera
infraorderNepomorpha
superfamilyOchteroideaKirkaldy 1906
superfamilyOchteroideaKirkaldy 1906

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Superfm. Ochteroidea Kirkaldy 1906
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G. †Heterochterus Evans 1971
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Heterochterus timmsii Evans 1971
Fm. Ochteridae Kirkaldy 1906 [velvety shore bug]
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G. †Angulochterus Yao et al. 2011
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Angulochterus quadrimaculatus Yao et al. 2011
G. †Arcochterus Zhang et al. 2022
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Arcochterus fuscus Zhang et al. 2022
G. †Floricaudus Yao et al. 2011
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Floricaudus multilocellus Yao et al. 2011
G. †Grimaldinia Popov and Heiss 2014
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Grimaldinia pronotalis Popov and Heiss 2014
G. †Parvochterus Zhang et al. 2022
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Parvochterus lanceolarus Zhang et al. 2022
Parvochterus reticulatus Zhang et al. 2022
G. †Pristinochterus Yao et al. 2007
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Pristinochterus ovatus Yao et al. 2011
Pristinochterus zhangi Yao et al. 2007
G. †Riegerochterus Popov and Heiss 2014
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Riegerochterus baehri Popov and Heiss 2014
G. †Yuripachys Kment et al. 2020
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Yuripachys dubius Popov 1986
Invalid names: Meropachys Popov 1986 [replaced]
Fm. †Propreocoridae Popov et al. 1994
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G. †Propreocoris Popov et al. 1994
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Propreocoris maculatus Popov et al. 1994
Fm. †Pseudonerthridae Martins-Neto and Goodwyn 2005
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G. †Pseudonerthra Martins-Neto 2005
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Pseudonerthra gigantea López Ruf et al. 2005
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Norian to the top of the Langhian or 227.30000 to 13.82000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 205.7 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian227.3 - 205.7Australia (Queensland) Heterochterus timmsii (156521 172772)
Obtusum199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (England) Propreocoris maculatus (114640)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4China (Liaoning) Angulochterus quatrimaculatus, Floricaudus multilocellus (111714) Pristinochterus ovatus, Angulochterus quatrimaculatus, Floricaudus multilocellus, Pristinochterus zhangi (111710) Pristinochterus ovatus, Pristinochterus zhangi (140491)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2China (Nei Monggol) Pristinochterus zhangi (123445)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Mongolia (Kobdo aimak) Meropachys dubius (104054)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Brazil (Ceará) Pseudonerthra gigantea (181590)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar Arcochterus fuscus, Parvochterus reticulatus, Parvochterus lanceolarus (165561) Grimaldinia pronotalis (153736)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Dominican Republic Riegerochterus baehri (122474)