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Velocorixa

Insecta - Hemiptera - Corixidae

Taxonomy
Velocorixa was named by Popov (1986). Its type is Velocorixa ponomarenkoi. It is the type genus of Velocorixinae.

It was assigned to Velocorixinae by Popov (1986) and Nel and Paicheler (1993).

Species
V. ponomarenkoi (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Velocorixa Popov p. 53
1993Velocorixa Nel and Paicheler p. 15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Clareocercaria
Acercaria()
superorderPancondylognatha
Condylognatha
orderHemiptera
suborderHeteroptera
infraorderNepomorpha
superfamilyCorixoideaEnderlein 1912
familyCorixidaeLeach 1815
subfamilyVelocorixinae
genusVelocorixa

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.

G. †Velocorixa Popov 1986
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available