Mesoveliidae

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Mesoveliidae
Temporal range: Late Jurassic–Recent
Mesovelia hackeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Infraorder: Gerromorpha
Superfamily: Mesovelioidea
Family: Mesoveliidae
Douglas & Scott, 1867
Subfamilies

Mesoveliidae is a family of water treaders in the order Hemiptera. There are about 16 genera and at least 50 described species in Mesoveliidae.[1][2][3][4]

Genera[edit]

These 12 extant genera belong to the family Mesoveliidae.

While traditionally divided in two subfamilies, Madeoveliinae (including Madeovelia and Mesoveloidea) and Mesoveliinae (all other genera), molecular phylogenetics suggests Mesoveliinae are polyphyletic and thus the subfamily-level classification should be abandoned.[5]

Fossil genera[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m search_topic=TSN&search_value=103953 "Mesoveliidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-11. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Browse Mesoveliidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Mesoveliidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
  4. ^ a b "Mesoveliidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
  5. ^ Damgaard, Jakob; Ferraz Figueiredo Moreira, Felipe; Hayashi, Masakazu; Weir, Tom A.; Zettel, Herbert (2012). "Molecular phylogeny of the pond treaders (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Mesoveliidae), discussion of the fossil record and a checklist of species assigned to the family". Insect Systematics & Evolution. 43 (3–4): 175–212. doi:10.1163/1876312X04302004.

Further reading[edit]

  • Schuh, Randall T.; Slater, James A. (1995). True Bugs of the World (Hemiptera: Heteroptera): Classification and Natural History. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-2066-5.
  • Andersen, N. Møller; Polhemus, John T. (1980). "Four new genera of Mesoveliidae (Hemiptera, Gerromorpha) and the phylogeny and classification of the family". Insect Systematics & Evolution. 11 (4): 369–392. doi:10.1163/187631280794710060.
  • Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian, eds. (1995). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 1: Enicocephalomorpha, Dipsocoromorpha, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha and Leptopodomorpha. The Netherlands Entomological Society. ISBN 978-90-71912-12-2.
  • Bantock, T.; Botting, J. (2013). "British Bugs, an online identification guide to UK Hemiptera". Retrieved 2019-07-02.

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