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Mesovelioidea

Insecta - Hemiptera

Taxonomy
Mesovelioidea was named by Douglas and Scott (1867). It is extant.

It was considered an invalid subgroup of Gerromorpha by Damgaard (2012).

It was assigned to Gerromorpha by Damgaard et al. (2012), Yao et al. (2012), Johnson et al. (2018), Szwedo (2018).

Subtaxa
Mesoveliidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1867Mesovelioidea Douglas and Scott
2012Mesovelioidea Damgaard et al.
2012Mesovelioidea Yao et al.
2018Mesovelioidea Johnson et al.
2018Mesovelioidea Szwedo p. 112

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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
infraorderGerromorphaPopov 1971
superfamilyMesovelioideaDouglas and Scott 1867
superfamilyMesovelioideaDouglas and Scott 1867

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. Mesovelioidea Douglas and Scott 1867
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Fm. Mesoveliidae Douglas and Scott 1867 [water treader]
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G. †Cretamesovelia Boderau et al. 2024
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†Cretamesovelia pellai Boderau et al. 2024
G. †Glaesivelia Sánchez-García and Solórzano Kraemer 2017
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†Glaesivelia pulcherrima Sánchez-García and Solórzano Kraemer 2017
G. †Iberovelia Sánchez-García and Nel 2017
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†Iberovelia quisquilia Sánchez-García and Nel 2017
Subfm. Madeoveliinae Poisson 1959
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G. †Gallomesovelia Nel et al. 2014
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†Gallomesovelia grioti Nel et al. 2014
Subfm. Mesoveliinae Douglas and Scott 1867
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G. †Emilianovelia Solórzano Kraemer and Perrichot 2014
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†Emilianovelia audax Solórzano Kraemer and Perrichot 2014
G. †Malenavelia Solórzano Kraemer and Perrichot 2014
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†Malenavelia videris Solórzano Kraemer and Perrichot 2014
G. Mesovelia Mulsant and Rey 1852
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†Mesovelia dominicana Garrouste and Nel 2010
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 Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to the top of the Langhian or 152.21000 to 13.82000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 149.2 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2France Gallomesovelia grioti (161187)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Mongolia Mesoveliidae indet. (121394)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5France (Poitou-Charentes) Emilianovelia sp., Emilianovelia audax, Malenavelia videris, Gerromorpha indet. (99114)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Spain (Álava) Glaesivelia pulcherrima (107098) Glaesivelia pulcherrima, Iberovelia quisquilia (108769)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar Cretamesovelia pellai (179227)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Dominican Republic Mesovelia dominicana (124223)