Mesoveliidae

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]

Mesoveliidae
Temporal range: Tithonian–Recent
Mesovelia hackeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Infraorder: Gerromorpha
Family: Mesoveliidae
Douglas & Scott, 1867
Subfamilies
  • Madeoveliinae Poisson, 1959
  • Mesoveliinae Douglas & Scott, 1867

Genera

These 16 genera belong to the family Mesoveliidae:

  • Austrovelia Malipatil and Monteith, 1983[1][2][3]
  • Cavaticovelia Andersen and J. Polhemus, 1980[1][2]
  • Cryptovelia Andersen and J. Polhemus, 1980[1][2][3]
  • Darwinivelia Andersen and J. Polhemus, 1980[1][2][3]
  • Duncanovelia Jell & Duncan, 1986[3]
  • Emilianovelia Solórzano Kraemer and Perrichot in Solórzano Kraemer et al., 2014[1][2][3]
  • Madeovelia Poisson, 1959[2][3]
  • Malenavelia Solórzano Kraemer and Perrichot in Solórzano Kraemer et al., 2014[1][2][3]
  • Mesovelia Mulsant & Rey, 1852[1][2][3][4]
  • Mesoveloidea Hungerford, 1929[1][2][3]
  • Mniovelia Andersen and J. Polhemus, 1980[1][2][3]
  • Nereivelia J. Polhemus and D. Polhemus, 1989[1][2][3]
  • Phrynovelia Horváth, 1915[1][2][3]
  • Seychellovelia Andersen and D. Polhemus, 2003[1][2][3]
  • Sinovelia Yao, Zhang and Ren, 2012[1][2][3]
  • Speovelia Esaki, 1929[1][2][3]

References
  1. search_topic=TSN&search_value=103953 "Mesoveliidae Report" Check |url= value (help). Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
  2. "Browse Mesoveliidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
  3. "Mesoveliidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
  4. "Mesoveliidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-11.

Further reading
  • 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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