Stenovelia nigra Scudder 1890 (riffle bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Veliidae

Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1890. The Tertiary Insects of North America. Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories XIII:1-734

Belongs to Stenovelia according to N. M. Andersen 1998

See also Nel and Paicheler 1993 and Scudder 1890

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MCZ 772, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Florissant (MCZ Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Florissant (MCZ Collection)

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