Water Treaders

Mesoveliidae is a family of water treaders in the order Hemiptera. There are about 16 genera and at least 50 described species in Mesoveliidae.^[1][2][3][4]

Genera

These 12 extant genera belong to the family Mesoveliidae:

Fossil genera

• †Duncanovelia Jell & Duncan, 1986^[3]
• †Gallomesovelia Nel et al. 2014 France, Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian)
• †Malenavelia Solórzano Kraemer and Perrichot 2014 Charantese amber, France, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
• †Emilianovelia Solórzano Kraemer and Perrichot 2014 Charantese amber, France, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
• †Glaesivelia Sánchez-García & Solórzano Kraemer, 2017 Spanish amber, Early Cretaceous (Albian)
• †Iberovelia Sánchez-García & Nel, 2017 Spanish amber, Early Cretaceous (Albian)
• †Sinovelia Yao, Zhang and Ren, 2012, Early Cretaceous (Yixian)^[1][2][3]

References