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Veliidae

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Stenovelia nigra

Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, Florissant Area, Florissant, Teller County, Colorado, USA

Stenovelia nigra

Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, Florissant Area, Florissant, Teller County, Colorado, USA

Stenovelia nigra

Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, Florissant Area, Florissant, Teller County, Colorado, USA

Description

Veliidae is a gregarious family of predatory insects in the suborder Heteroptera. They are commonly known as riffle bugs, small water striders, or broad-shouldered water striders because the segment immediately behind the head is wider than the rest of the abdomen. The genus Rhagovelia is also referred to as a ripple bug.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veliidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	7900	https://www.gbif.org/species/7900
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	383079	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=383079

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hemiptera : Veliidae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
-	Pancrustacea
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
-	Cercofilata	Kukalová-Peck 1987
class	Insecta	Linnaeus 1758
-	Dicondylia
-	Paranotalia	Sroka et al. 2014
subclass	Pterygota	Brauer 1885
-	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
-	Clareocercaria	Prokop et al. 2017
-	Acercaria
superorder	Pancondylognatha	Yoshizawa and Leinhard 2016
-	Condylognatha	Börner 1904
order	Hemiptera	Linnaeus 1758
suborder	Heteroptera	Latreille 1810
infraorder	Gerromorpha	Popov 1971
family	Veliidae	Amyot and Audinet-Serville 1843

Common Name

riffle bug

Scientific Name

Veliidae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Veliidae	family	belongs to Heteroptera	stated with evidence	Scudder, 1890
Veliidae	family	belongs to Hemiptera	stated with evidence	Bergroth, 1893
Veliidae	family	belongs to Gerroidea	stated with evidence	Popov, 1971
Veliidae	family	belongs to Gerromorpha	stated with evidence	Nel and Paicheler, 1993
Veliidae	family	belongs to Mesovelioidea	stated without evidence	Szwedo, 2018

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

8 (38%)

First Recorded Appearance

152 - 145 Ma
Late Jurassic

Environment

terrestrial (based on Insecta)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Arthropoda)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Insecta)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

C. J. B. Amyot and J. G. Audinet-Serville. 1843. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Hémiptères

Common Name(s)

Riffle Bug, Bekkeløparar, Bekkeløpere, Broad-shouldered Water Striders, Vattenlöpare, Water Crickets, カタビロアメンボ, Broad-shouldered Bugs, Riffle Bugs, Ripple Bugs, Small Water Striders

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veliidae

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Haloveliinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		1	20.4 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Microveliinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		4	38.0 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Veliinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		4	105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Aegilipsicola genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aegilipsovelia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Altavelia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Angilia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Angilovelia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aphrovelia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aquulavelia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Arcantivelia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Balticovelia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Baptista genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Brechivelia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Carayonella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chenevelia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cylicovelia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Drepanovelia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Electrovelia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Entomovelia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Euvelia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fijivelia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Geovelia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gracilovelia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Halovelia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	20.4 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Haloveloides genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hebrovelia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Husseyella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lacertovelia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lathriovelia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mangrovelia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Menuthiasia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Microvelia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	20.4 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Microveloidella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Microvelopsis genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Millotella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Neoalardus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nesidovelia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Neusterensifer genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ocellovelia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ocheovelia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Oiovelia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Papuavelia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paravelia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perittopus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Petrovelia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Phoreticovelia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platyvelia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polhemovelia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudovelia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhagovelia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rheovelia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Steinovelia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stenovelia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	37.2 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Stridulivelia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Strongylovelia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Submicrovelia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tanyvelia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tarsovelia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tarsoveloides genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tenagovelia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tetraripis genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tonkouivelia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tubuaivelia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Velia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Water Cricket			0 Ma Extant
Velohebria genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Veloidea genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Xenobates genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Xiphovelia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Xiphoveloidea genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Belia velitis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1890	Veliidae Scudder p. 348
1893	Veliadae Bergroth p. 277
1971	Veliidae Popov p. 93
1993	Veliidae Nel and Paicheler p. 79
1998	Veliidae Andersen p. 36
2000	Veliidae Andersen p. 270

Year	Name and Author
2001	Veliidae Andersen p. 420
2008	Veliidae Damgaard
2012	Veliidae Damgaard
2014	Veliidae Solórzano Kraemer and Perrichot p. 596
2018	Veliidae Szwedo p. 112

References

Amyot C. J. B., Audinet-Serville J. G. , Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Hémiptères, 1-675

Scudder S. H. The Tertiary Insects of North America, Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories XIII, 1-734

Bergroth E. On two halophilous Hemiptera, The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 29, 277-279

Popov Y. A. (1971) Historical development of the infraorder Nepomorpha (Heteroptera), Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 129, 1-228

Nel A., Paicheler J. C. (1993) Les Heteroptera aquatiques fossiles, état actuel des connaissances (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha et Gerromorpha) (suite et fin), Entomologica Gallica 4, 79-89

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

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

Solórzano Kraemer M. M., Perrichot V. (2014) Taxonomic names, in Fossil water striders in Cretaceous French amber (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha: Mesoveliidae and Veliidae), Systematic Entomology 39, 590-605

Szwedo J. (2018) The unity, diversity and conformity of bugs (Hemiptera) through time, Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 107, 109-128

Coulianos C-C (2016) "Word document ""Carl.doc"", with updated checklist of Swedish Heteroptera, sent to Anna Lejfelt-Sahlén on 2016-05-17." - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Jansson, A. (1996) - via Taxa Watermanagement the Netherlands (TWN)

Nieser, N. (1982) - via Taxa Watermanagement the Netherlands (TWN)

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

some verified marine genera (AJR, Nov 2010) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Gärdenfors, Ulf, Hall, Ragnar, Hallingbäck, Tomas, Hansson, Hans G. & Hedström, Lars (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj. ArtDatabanken Rapporterar 5, ArtDatabanken, Uppsala. (reviderad excelfil med svenska djurfamiljer). - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Brands, S.J. (comp.) (2014) The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. [http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/]. 1989-present. - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Savage, A.A. (1989) - via Taxa Watermanagement the Netherlands (TWN)

Henry, Thomas J., and Richard C. Froeschner, eds., 1988: null. Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States. xix + 958. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

McGavin, George C., 1993: null. Bugs of the World. 192. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Henry, Thomas J. / Foottit, Robert G., and Peter H. Adler, eds., 2009: Chapter 10. Biodiversity of Heteroptera. Insect Biodiversity: Science and Society. 223-263. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

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