The oldest known fossil Hydrometridae from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil (Heteroptera : Gerromorpha)

Authors
Nel, A Popov, YA
Citation
A. Nel et Ya. Popov, The oldest known fossil Hydrometridae from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil (Heteroptera : Gerromorpha), J NAT HIST, 34(12), 2000, pp. 2315-2322
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY
ISSN journal
00222933 → ACNP
Volume
34
Issue
12
Year of publication
2000
Pages
2315 - 2322
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-2933(200012)34:12<2315:TOKFHF>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
The oldest fossil hydrometrid bug, Cretaceometra brasiliensis gen. nov., sp . nov., is described from the deposits of the Lower Cretaceous from Araripe Basin ( Brazil), estimated at 110 million years old, and belongs to the st em-group of the recent Hydrometrinae. This extinct form demonstrates the gr eat antiquity of the Hydrometridae.