Mesoveliidae
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| Mesovelia hackeri | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Infraorder: | Gerromorpha |
| Superfamily: | Mesovelioidea |
| Family: | Mesoveliidae Douglas & Scott, 1867 |
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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]
Fossil 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]
- †Duncanovelia Jell & Duncan, 1986[3]
- †Gallomesovelia Nel et al., 2014 France, Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian)[6]
- †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[7]
- †Myanmarvelia Boderau et al., 2023 Kachin amber, Myanmar, mid-Cretaceous[8]
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