Mesoveliidae

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Paraneoptera
Superordo: Condylognatha
Ordo: Hemiptera
Subordo: Heteroptera
Infraordo: Gerromorpha
Superfamilia: Mesovelioidea

Familia: Mesoveliidae
Subfamiliae (2): Madeoveliinae - Mesoveliinae
Overview of genera (14)

Austrovelia – Cavaticovelia – Cryptovelia – Darwinivelia – Madeovelia – Mesovelia – Mesoveloidea – Mniovelia – Nereivelia – Phrynovelia – Seychellovelia – Speovelia – †Duncanovelia – †Sinovelia
References

Andersen, N.M.; Polhemus, D.A. 2003: A new genus of terrestrial Mesoveliidae from the Seychelles (Hemiptera: Gerromorpha). Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 111(1): 12–21. DOI: 10.1664/0028-7199(2003)111[0012:ANGOTM]2.0.CO;2 JSTOR
Andersen, N.M.; Weir, T.A. 2004: Mesoveliidae, Hebridae, and Hydrometridae of Australia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha), with a reanalysis of the phylogeny of semiaquatic bugs. Invertebrate systematics, 18(4): 467–522. DOI: 10.1071/IS03032
Damgaard, J. et al. 2012: Molecular phylogeny of the pond treaders (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Mesoveliidae), discussion of the fossil record and a checklist of species assigned to the family. Insect systematics & evolution, 43(3-4): 175–212. DOI: 10.1163/1876312X04302004
Solórzano Kraemer, M.M., Perrichot, V., Soriano, C. & Damgaard, J. 2014. Fossil water striders in Cretaceous French amber (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha: Mesoveliidae and Veliidae). Systematic entomology 39(3): 590–605. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12077 Reference page. 
Yao, Y-z.; Zhang, W-t.; Ren, D. (in press, 2011): The first report of Mesoveliidae (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha) from the Yixian Formation of China and its taxonomic significance. Alcheringa, DOI: 10.1080/03115518.2011.585543

Mesoveliidae is a family of water treaders in the order Hemiptera. There are about 16 genera and at least 50 described species in Mesoveliidae.[1][2][3][4]

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]

Fossil genera

†Duncanovelia Jell & Duncan, 1986[3]
†Gallomesovelia Nel et al. 2014 France, Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian)
†Malenavelia Solórzano Kraemer and Perrichot 2014 Charantese amber, France, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
†Emilianovelia Solórzano Kraemer and Perrichot 2014 Charantese amber, France, Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian)
†Glaesivelia Sánchez-García & Solórzano Kraemer, 2017 Spanish amber, Early Cretaceous (Albian)
†Iberovelia Sánchez-García & Nel, 2017 Spanish amber, Early Cretaceous (Albian)
†Sinovelia Yao, Zhang and Ren, 2012, Early Cretaceous (Yixian)[1][2][3]

References

search_topic=TSN&search_value=103953 "Mesoveliidae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-11. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
"Browse Mesoveliidae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-11.
"Mesoveliidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-11.

"Mesoveliidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-11.

Further reading

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