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Gelastocoroidea

Insecta - Hemiptera

Taxonomy
Gelastocoroidea was named by Kirkaldy (1897). It is extant.

It was assigned to Nepomorpha by Popov (1971), Szwedo (2018).

Subtaxa
Gelastocoridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Gelastocoroidea Kirkaldy
1971Gelastocoroidea Popov p. 98
2018Gelastocoroidea Szwedo p. 112

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
—Athalassocarida
—LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
—Cercofilata
RankNameAuthor
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Clareocercaria
—Acercaria()
superorderPancondylognatha
—Condylognatha
orderHemiptera
suborderHeteroptera
infraorderNepomorpha
superfamilyGelastocoroideaKirkaldy 1897
superfamilyGelastocoroideaKirkaldy 1897

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Superfm. Gelastocoroidea Kirkaldy 1897
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Fm. Gelastocoridae Kirkaldy 1897 [toad bug]
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Subfm. Gelastocorinae Kirkaldy 1897
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G. Gelastocoris Kirkaldy 1897
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†Gelastocoris curiosus Poinar and Brown 2016
Subfm. Nerthrinae Kirkaldy 1906
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G. †Cratonerthra Martins-Neto 2005
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†Cratonerthra corinthiana Martins-Neto 2005
†Cratonerthra estevezae López Ruf and Goodwyn 2005
G. Nerthra Say 1831
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†Nerthra bichelata Poinar and Brown 2016
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 119.57000 to 93.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.2 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Brazil (Ceará) Cratonerthra corinthiana (181590) Cratonerthra estevezae (122557)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Australia (Victoria) Gelastocoridae indet. (77192)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar Gelastocoridae indet. (222192)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Myanmar (Kachin) Nerthra bichelata, Gelastocoris curiosus (104053)