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Metrocephala ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4779604https://www.gbif.org/species/4779604
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)219098https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=219098
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hemiptera : Hydrometridae : Metrocephala
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hemiptera : Hydrometridae : Metrocephala
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
-Pancrustacea
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
-CercofilataKukalová-Peck 1987
classInsectaLinnaeus 1758
-Dicondylia
-ParanotaliaSroka et al. 2014
subclassPterygotaBrauer 1885
-NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
-ClareocercariaProkop et al. 2017
-Acercaria
superorderPancondylognathaYoshizawa and Leinhard 2016
-CondylognathaBörner 1904
orderHemipteraLinnaeus 1758
suborderHeteropteraLatreille 1810
infraorderGerromorphaPopov 1971
superfamilyHydrometroideaBillberg 1820
familyHydrometridae
subfamilyHydrometrinaeBillberg 1820
genusMetrocephalaPopov 1996-01
Scientific NameMetrocephala Popov, 1996-01
Name Published InPopov, Yuri A., 1996: Water measurers from the Baltic amber (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha, Hydrometridae). Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Palaeontologischen Institut der Universitaet Hamburg, vol. 79. 211-221.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Metrocephalagenusbelongs to Hydrometrinaestated with evidencePopov, 1996
Metrocephalagenusbelongs to Hydrometridaestated with evidenceAndersen, 2000
Metrocephalagenusbelongs to Hydrometrinaestated with evidenceDamgaard, 2008
Metrocephalagenusbelongs to Hydrometridaestated without evidenceZettel and Heiss, 2011
Metrocephalagenusbelongs to Hydrometrinaestated with evidencePêgas et al., 2017
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance38.0 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Last Recorded Appearance38.0 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)Y. A. Popov. 1996. Water measurers from the Baltic amber (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha, Hydrometridae). Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut der Universität Hamburg 79:211-221

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Metrocephala anderseni ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		538.0 Ma
Eocene		38.0 Ma
Eocene
Metrocephala schaeferi ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		138.0 Ma
Eocene		38.0 Ma
Eocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1996Metrocephala Popov p. 215
1998Metrocephala Andersen p. 80
2000Metrocephala Andersen p. 275
2008Metrocephala Damgaard
2011Metrocephala Zettel and Heiss
2017Metrocephala Pêgas et al. p. 1095

References

Popov Y. A. (1996) Water measurers from the Baltic amber (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha, Hydrometridae), Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Paläontologischen Institut der Universität Hamburg 79, 211-221
Andersen N. M. (1998) Water striders from the Paleogene of Denmark and review of fossil record and evolution of semi aquatic bugs (Hemiptera Gerromorpha), Biologiske Skrifter 50, 1-157
Andersen N. M. (2000) Fossil water striders in the Eocene Baltic amber (Hemiptera, Gerromorpha), Insect Systematics & Evolution 31, 257-284
Damgaard J. (2008) Evolution of the semi-aquatic bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha) with a re-interpretation of the fossil record, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 48, 251-268
Zettel H., Heiss E. (2011) New species of water striders (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha: Hydrometridae, Gerridae) from Eocene Baltic amber, Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A 113, 543-553
Pêgas R. V., Leal M. E. C., et al (2017) A surprisingly derived hydrometrid (Hemiptera, Gerromorpha) from the Crato Formation, Early Cretaceous of Brazil, Historical Biology 30, 1094-1101
Zettel, Herbert, and Ernst Heiss, 2011: New species of water striders (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha: Hydrometridae, Gerridae) from Eocene Baltic amber. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, vol. 113A. 543-553. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Popov, Yuri A., 1996: Water measurers from the Baltic amber (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha, Hydrometridae). Mitteilungen aus dem Geologisch-Palaeontologischen Institut der Universitaet Hamburg, vol. 79. 211-221. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
original work (title/other) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Mitt Geol-Palaeontol Inst Univ Hambg 79, September - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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!
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