Limnoporus wilsoni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gerroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Paraneoptera Superordo: Condylognatha Ordo: Hemiptera Subordo: Heteroptera Infraordo: Gerromorpha Superfamilia: Gerroidea

Familia: Gerridae
Subfamilia: Gerrinae
Tribus: Gerrini
Genus: Limnoporus
Species: †Limnoporus wilsoni

Name

• †Limnoporus wilsoni Andersen, 1998

Type material

• Holotype: ROM 31036 (nearly complete adult winged male)
  • Repository: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Collector: Mark V. H. Wilson, 1969-71

• Paratypes: ROM 31065 (5th instar nymph)31057),
  • Repository: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Collector: Mark V. H. Wilson, 1969-71

• Paratypes: UA unnumbered? (5th instar nymph),
  • Repository: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

    Collector: Mark V. H. Wilson

• ⧼Referred material⧽: ROM 31065 (3th instar nymph?),
  • Repository: Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Collector: Mark V. H. Wilson

Type locality

• Eocene, Ypresian; Eocene Okanagan Highlands; Ootsa group, unnamed shale beds "Driftwood shales, Driftwood Beds, or Driftwood Canyon Shales"; Driftwood Canyon (L96), Near Smithers, Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako, British Columbia, Canada

Etymology

• none given

Distribution

Eocene

• Ypresian
• Eocene Okanagan Highlands
  • Ootsa group, unnamed shale beds "Driftwood shales, Driftwood Beds, or Driftwood Canyon Shales"; Driftwood Canyon (L96), Near Smithers, Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako, British Columbia, Canada

References

Primary references

• Andersen, N.M. (1998). Water striders from the Paleogene of Denmark and review of fossil record and evolution of semi aquatic bugs (Hemiptera Gerromorpha). Biologiske Skrifter. Vol. 50. The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters. pp. 1–157. ISBN 8773042951. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Wilson, M.V.H. 1977. Middle Eocene freshwater fishes from British Columbia. Life Sciences Contributions, Royal Ontario Museum 113: 1–61. ISSN 0384-8159. https://archive.org/details/middleeocenefres00wils.  Reference page. 
• Wilson, M.V.H. 1978. Paleogene insect faunas of western North America. Quaestiones Entomologicae 14: 13-34. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/258440777.  Reference page. 
• Wilson, M.V.H. 1988. Reconstruction of ancient lake environments using both autochthonous and allochthonous fossils.. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 62(1-4): 609-623. doi:10.1016/0031-0182(88)90074-0.  Reference page. 
• Wilson, M. V. H. (1996). "Insects near Eocene lakes of the Interior". In Ludvigsen,, R. (ed.). Life in Stone: A Natural History of British Columbia’s Fossils. Vancouver: UBC Press. pp. 225–233. ISBN 0774805773.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) Reference page.