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Electrobates ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4781027https://www.gbif.org/species/4781027
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)256635https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=256635
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hemiptera : Gerridae : Electrobates
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
superfamilyGerroideaLeach 1815
familyGerridaeLeach 1815
subfamilyElectrobatinaeAndersen and Poinar 1992
genusElectrobatesAndersen & Poinar 1992
Scientific NameElectrobates Andersen & Poinar, 1992
Name Published InZeitschrift fuer Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung 30 (4), Dezember
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Electrobatesgenusbelongs to Electrobatinaestated with evidenceAndersen and Poinar, 1992
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance20.4 - 13.8 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance20.4 - 13.8 Ma
Miocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)N. M. Andersen and G. O. Poinar. 1992. Phylogeny and classification of an extinct water strider genus (Hemiptera, Gerridae) from Dominican amber, with evidence of mate guarding in a fossil insect. Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionforschung 30:256-267

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Electrobates spinipes ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		220.4 Ma
Miocene		20.4 Ma
Miocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1992Electrobates Andersen and Poinar p. 258
1998Electrobates Andersen p. 61
2001Electrobates Andersen p. 416
2008Electrobates Damgaard

References

Andersen N. M., Poinar G. O. (1992) Phylogeny and classification of an extinct water strider genus (Hemiptera, Gerridae) from Dominican amber, with evidence of mate guarding in a fossil insect, Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionforschung 30, 256-267
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. (2001) Fossil water striders in the Oligocene/Miocene Dominican amber (Hemiptera: Gerromorpha), Insect Systematics & Evolution 31, 411-431
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
Andersen, Nils Møller, 2001: Fossil water striders in the Oligocene/Miocene Dominican amber (Hemiptera: Gerromorpha). Insect Systematics and Evolution, vol. 31, no. 4. 411-431. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
NZ cross ref or inferred from publ. title - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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
original work (title/other) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Zeitschrift fuer Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung 30 (4), Dezember - 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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