Mesoveliidae Explained

Mesoveliidae is a family of water treaders in the order Hemiptera. There are about 16 genera and at least 50 described species in Mesoveliidae.

Genera

These 12 extant genera belong to the family Mesoveliidae.

• Austrovelia Malipatil and Monteith, 1983^{[1] [2] [3]}
• Cavaticovelia Andersen and J. Polhemus, 1980^{[1] [2]}
• Cryptovelia Andersen and J. Polhemus, 1980^{[1] [2] [3]}
• Darwinivelia Andersen and J. Polhemus, 1980^{[1] [2] [3]}
• Madeovelia Poisson, 1959^{[2] [3]}
• Mesovelia Mulsant & Rey, 1852^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}
• Mesoveloidea Hungerford, 1929^{[1] [2] [3]}
• Mniovelia Andersen and J. Polhemus, 1980^{[1] [2] [3]}
• Nereivelia J. Polhemus and D. Polhemus, 1989^{[1] [2] [3]}
• Phrynovelia Horváth, 1915^{[1] [2] [3]}
• Seychellovelia Andersen and D. Polhemus, 2003^{[1] [2] [3]}
• Speovelia Esaki, 1929^{[1] [2] [3]}

While traditionally divided in two subfamilies, Madeoveliinae (including Madeovelia and Mesoveloidea) and Mesoveliinae (all other genera), molecular phylogenetics suggests Mesoveliinae are polyphyletic and thus the subfamily-level classification should be abandoned.^[5]

Fossil genera

• †Duncanovelia ^[3]
• †Gallomesovelia France, Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian)
• †Malenavelia Charantese amber, France, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
• †Emilianovelia Charantese amber, France, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
• †Glaesivelia Spanish amber, Early Cretaceous (Albian)
• †Iberovelia Spanish amber, Early Cretaceous (Albian)
• †Sinovelia, Early Cretaceous (Yixian)^{[1] [2] [3]}
• †Cretamesovelia Kachin amber, Myanmar, mid-Cretaceous^[6]
• †Myanmarvelia Kachin amber, Myanmar, mid-Cretaceous^[7]

Further reading

• Book: True Bugs of the World (Hemiptera: Heteroptera): Classification and Natural History. 1995. Schuh . Randall T.. Slater . James A.. Cornell University Press. 978-0-8014-2066-5.
• Four new genera of Mesoveliidae (Hemiptera, Gerromorpha) and the phylogeny and classification of the family. 1980. Andersen . N. Møller. Polhemus . John T.. Insect Systematics & Evolution. 11. 4. 369–392. 10.1163/187631280794710060.
• Book: Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 1: Enicocephalomorpha, Dipsocoromorpha, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha and Leptopodomorpha. 1995. Aukema . Berend. Rieger . Christian. The Netherlands Entomological Society. 978-90-71912-12-2.
• Web site: 2019-07-02. British Bugs, an online identification guide to UK Hemiptera. 2013. Bantock . T.. Botting . J..

Notes and References

1. Web site: search_topic=TSN&search_value=103953 Mesoveliidae Report . Integrated Taxonomic Information System . 2018-04-11.
2. Web site: Browse Mesoveliidae . Catalogue of Life . 2018-04-11 .
3. Web site: Mesoveliidae . GBIF . 2018-04-11.
4. Web site: Mesoveliidae Family Information . BugGuide.net . 2018-04-11.
5. 10.1163/1876312X04302004 . Molecular phylogeny of the pond treaders (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Mesoveliidae), discussion of the fossil record and a checklist of species assigned to the family . 2012 . Damgaard . Jakob . Ferraz Figueiredo Moreira . Felipe . Hayashi . Masakazu . Weir . Tom A. . Zettel . Herbert . Insect Systematics & Evolution . 43 . 3–4 . 175–212 .
6. Boderau . M. . Ngô-Muller . V. . Garrouste . R. . Nel . A. . 2024 . The second genus of pond treaders (Heteroptera: Mesoveliidae) from mid-Cretaceous amber of Myanmar . Annales de Paléontologie . 110 . 3 . 102685 . 10.1016/j.annpal.2024.102685 .
7. Boderau . M. . Ngo-Muller . V. . Nel . A. . Garrouste . R. . The first water treader (Heteroptera: Mesoveliidae) from the mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber . 2023 . Palaeoentomology . 6 . 4 . 435–441 . 10.11646/palaeoentomology.6.4.14 . 261308718 .