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Nerthra

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Description

Nerthra is a genus of toad bugs in the family Gelastocoridae. There are at least 90 described species in Nerthra.

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

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2020220	https://www.gbif.org/species/2020220
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	337931	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=337931

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hemiptera : Gelastocoridae : Nerthra

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	Nepomorpha	Popov 1971
superfamily	Gelastocoroidea	Kirkaldy 1897
family	Gelastocoridae	Kirkaldy 1897
subfamily	Nerthrinae	Kirkaldy 1906
genus	Nerthra	Say 1832

Scientific Name

Nerthra Say, 1832

Name Published In

Descr. Het. Hem. N. Amer.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Nerthra	genus	belongs to Nerthrinae	stated with evidence	Poinar and Brown, 2016

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (50%)

First Recorded Appearance

99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Environment

terrestrial (based on Insecta)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Arthropoda)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Insecta)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

G. Poinar and A. E. Brown. 2016. Toad bugs (Hemiptera: Gelastocoridae) in Myanmar amber. Cretaceous Research 63:39-44

Wikipedia

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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Nerthra adspersa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra alaticollis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra americana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra ampliata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra amplicollis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra annulipes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra appha species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra asiatica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra ater species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra bichelata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Nerthra borealis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra bracchialis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra buenoi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra cheesmanae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra colaticollis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra conabilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra corudis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra ecuadorensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra elongata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra eximia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra falcatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra femoralis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra fuscipes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra gaucha species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra grandicollis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra grandis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra gurneyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra hamata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra hirsuta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra hirta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra hungerfordi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra hylaea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra improcera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra indica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra infecta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra kerzhneri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra lata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra laticollis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra lobata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra lurida species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra luteovaria species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra macrostyla species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra macrothorax species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra manni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra martini species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra mexicana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra mixta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra mixtella species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra montandoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra monteithi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra monticola species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra nepaeformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra nervosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra nieuwenhuisi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra nudata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra occidua species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra omani species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra parallelus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra parvula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra peruviana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra petila species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra planifrons species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra plauta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra polhemi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra praecipua species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra probolostyla species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra quinquedentata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra ranina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra raptoria species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra recta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra robusta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra rugosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra serrata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra sinuosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra soliquetra species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra spangleri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra spissa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra stali species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra stygica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra subantarctica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra suberosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra tasmaniensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra tenebrosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra tenuistyla species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra terrestris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra toddi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra toxopeusi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra tuberculata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra undosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra unguistyla species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra unicornis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra usingeri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra walkeri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nerthra williamsi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Mononyxa Spinola, 1852	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hemiptera : Gelastocoridae : *Mononyxa*
Mononychus Agassiz, 1846	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hemiptera : Gelastocoridae : *Mononychus*
Mononyx Laporte, 1832	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hemiptera : Gelastocoridae : *Mononyx*
Peltopterus Guérin-Méneville, 1843	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hemiptera : Gelastocoridae : *Peltopterus*
Scylaecus Stål, 1861	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hemiptera : Gelastocoridae : *Scylaecus*
Glossoaspis Blatchley, 1925	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hemiptera : Gelastocoridae : *Glossoaspis*
Phintius Stål, 1861	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hemiptera : Gelastocoridae : *Phintius*
Matinus Stål, 1861	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hemiptera : Gelastocoridae : *Matinus*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1831	Nerthra Say
2016	Nerthra Poinar and Brown p. 40

References

Poinar G., Brown A. E. (2016) Toad bugs (Hemiptera: Gelastocoridae) in Myanmar amber, Cretaceous Research 63, 39-44

CoL2006 - 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

SN2000 unverified - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Descr. Het. Hem. N. Amer. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Stys, Pavel, and Antti Jansson, 1988: Check-list of recent family-group and genus-group names of Nepomorpha (Heteroptera) of the world. Acta Entomologica Fennica, vol. 50. 1-44. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

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)

Cheng, L. (Ed.). (1976). Marine insects. North-Holland Publishing Company: Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 0-444-11213-8. XII, 581 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species

Todd, Edward L., 1955: A Taxonomic Revision of the Family Gelastocoridae (Hemiptera). The University of Kansas Science Bulletin, vol. 37, pt. 1, no. 11. 277-475. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

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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