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Mesoveliidae
| Description | Mesoveliidae is a family of water treaders in the order Hemiptera. There are about 16 genera and at least 50 described species in Mesoveliidae. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesoveliidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | family | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hemiptera : Mesoveliidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Common Name | water treader | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Mesoveliidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 4 (27%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 156 - 151 Ma Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | terrestrial (based on Insecta) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Arthropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | chitin (based on Insecta) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | Y. Z. Yao, W. T. Zhang, and D. Ren. 2012. The first report of Mesoveliidae (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha) from the Yixian Formation of China and its significance. Alcheringa 36:107-116 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Pond Treaders, Pondweed Bugs, Water Treaders, Water Treader, Damløparar, Damløpere, Vattenspringare, ミズカメムシ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesoveliidae |
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Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Madeoveliinae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 156 Ma Jurassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Mesoveliinae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Austrovelia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cryptovelia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Darwinivelia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Duncanovelia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Emilianovelia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Gallomesovelia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 156 Ma Jurassic | 156 Ma Jurassic | |
| Glaesivelia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Iberovelia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Madeovelia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Malenavelia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Mesovelia genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 20.4 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Mesoveloidea genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Mniovelia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Nereivelia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Phrynovelia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Seychellovelia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Sinovelia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Speovelia genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1867 | Mesoveliidae Douglas and Scott |
| 1971 | Mesoveliidae Popov p. 93 |
| 1998 | Mesoveliidae Andersen p. 90 |
| 2012 | Mesoveliidae Damgaard |
| 2012 | Mesoveliidae Damgaard et al. |
| 2012 | Mesoveliidae Yao et al. |
| 2014 | Mesoveliidae Solórzano Kraemer and Perrichot p. 591 |
| 2018 | Mesoveliidae Szwedo p. 112 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
