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Balticovelia ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4781287https://www.gbif.org/species/4781287
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)256625https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=256625
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hemiptera : Veliidae : Balticovelia
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hemiptera : Veliidae : Balticovelia
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
familyVeliidae
subfamilyVeliinaeAmyot and Audinet-Serville 1843
genusBalticoveliaAndersen 2000-01
Scientific NameBalticovelia Andersen, 2000-01
Name Published InAndersen, Nils Møller, 2000: Fossil water striders in the Eocene Baltic amber (Hemiptera, Gerromorpha). Insect Systematics & Evolution, vol. 31, no. 3. 257-284.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Balticoveliagenusbelongs to Veliidaestated with evidenceAndersen, 2000
Balticoveliagenusbelongs to Veliinaestated with evidenceDamgaard, 2008
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
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)N. M. Andersen. 2000. Fossil water striders in the Eocene Baltic amber (Hemiptera, Gerromorpha). Insect Systematics & Evolution 31:257-284

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Balticovelia weitschati ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		138.0 Ma
Eocene		38.0 Ma
Eocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2000Balticovelia Andersen p. 273
2008Balticovelia Damgaard

References

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
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
Andersen, Nils Møller, 2000: Fossil water striders in the Eocene Baltic amber (Hemiptera, Gerromorpha). Insect Systematics & Evolution, vol. 31, no. 3. 257-284. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Insect Syst Evol 31 (3) - 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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