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Belostomatini

Insecta - Hemiptera - Belostomatidae

Taxonomy
Belostomatini was named by Leach (1815). It is extant. Its type is Belostoma.

It was assigned to Belostomatinae by Ribeiro et al. (2018), Moura-Júnior et al. (2021).

Subtaxa
Belostoma (syn. Zaitha) (type genus), Neponymphes

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Belostomatini Leach
2018Belostomatini Ribeiro et al.
2021Belostomatini Moura-Júnior et al. p. 341

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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
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Clareocercaria
—Acercaria()
superorderPancondylognatha
—Condylognatha
orderHemiptera
suborderHeteroptera
infraorderNepomorpha
superfamilyNepoidea
familyBelostomatidaeLeach 1815
subfamilyBelostomatinaeLeach 1815
tribeBelostomatiniLeach 1815
tribeBelostomatiniLeach 1815

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.

Tr. Belostomatini Leach 1815
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G. Belostoma Latreille 1807 [giant water bug]
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Belostoma bakeri Montandon 1913
Invalid names: Zaitha Amyot and Audinet-Serville 1843 [synonym]
G. †Neponymphes Zamboni 2001
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†Neponymphes godoii Zamboni 2001
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: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Holocene or 119.57000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.2 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Brazil (Ceará) Neponymphes godoii (122557 125510 216852)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) Belostoma bakeri (161518)