Mesoveliidae

Family of true bugs

Mesoveliidae
Temporal range: Late Jurassic–Recent
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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
  • Madeoveliinae Poisson, 1959
  • Mesoveliinae Douglas & Scott, 1867

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

These 12 extant 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]
  • Madeovelia Poisson, 1959[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]
  • Speovelia Esaki, 1929[1][2][3]

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

  • †Duncanovelia Jell & Duncan, 1986[3]
  • †Gallomesovelia Nel et al., 2014 France, Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian)
  • †Malenavelia Solórzano, Kraemer, & Perrichot, 2014 Charantese amber, France, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
  • †Emilianovelia Solórzano, Kraemer, & Perrichot 2014 Charantese amber, France, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
  • †Glaesivelia Sánchez-García & Solórzano Kraemer, 2017 Spanish amber, Early Cretaceous (Albian)
  • †Iberovelia Sánchez-García & Nel, 2017 Spanish amber, Early Cretaceous (Albian)
  • †Sinovelia Yao, Zhang, & Ren, 2012, Early Cretaceous (Yixian)[1][2][3]
  • †Cretamesovelia Boderau et al., 2024 Kachin amber, Myanmar, mid-Cretaceous[6]
  • †Myanmarvelia Boderau et al., 2023 Kachin amber, Myanmar, mid-Cretaceous[7]

References

  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.
  6. ^ Boderau, M.; Ngô-Muller, V.; Garrouste, R.; Nel, A. (2024). "The second genus of pond treaders (Heteroptera: Mesoveliidae) from mid-Cretaceous amber of Myanmar". Annales de Paléontologie. 110 (3). 102685. doi:10.1016/j.annpal.2024.102685.
  7. ^ Boderau, M.; Ngo-Muller, V.; Nel, A.; Garrouste, R. (2023). "The first water treader (Heteroptera: Mesoveliidae) from the mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber". Palaeoentomology. 6 (4): 435–441. doi:10.11646/palaeoentomology.6.4.14. S2CID 261308718.

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.
  • Media related to Mesoveliidae at Wikimedia Commons
Taxon identifiers
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