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Microveliinae

Insecta - Hemiptera - Veliidae

Taxonomy
Microveliinae is a subfamily. It is extant.

It was assigned to Veliidae by Andersen (2001), Damgaard (2008) and Zettel and Heiss (2011).

Subtaxa
Baptista, Microvelia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Microveliinae Andersen p. 420
2008Microveliinae Damgaard
2011Microveliinae Zettel and Heiss

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—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
familyVeliidae()
subfamilyMicroveliinae
subfamilyMicroveliinae

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.

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G. Baptista Distant 1903
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†Baptista vetai Zettel and Heiss 2011
G. Microvelia Westwood 1834
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†Microvelia electra Andersen 2001
†Microvelia grimaldii Andersen 2001
†Microvelia polhemi Andersen 2000
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 Priabonian to the top of the Langhian or 38.00000 to 13.82000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Baptista vetai (123862)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic Microvelia polhemi, Microvelia grimaldii, Microvelia electra (122982)