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Water treaders, the superfamily Mesovelioidea, are insects in the order Hemiptera, the true bugs. They are semiaquatic insects that live in moist and wet habitat and on wet plant matter in several types of aquatic habitat.
These insects are no more than 3.5 mm long. They have elongated heads, long antennae, and large eyes, with the exception of Cryptovelia species, which have vestigial eyes. Females are larger than the males of their species and have well-developed ovipositors.
The type genus, Mesovelia, contains about 27 species, many of which are common and widespread. The other genera are small or even monotypic, and are less common.
One species is known for its unique specific name, Cavaticovelia aaa, sometimes called the aaa water treader. It is a legitimate binomial name following the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, featuring aaa, the Hawaiian word for "lava tube".
According to some treatments, two families (Madeoveliidae and Mesoveliidae) are in the Mesovelioidea. The family Madeoveliidae is often treated as a subfamily of the Mesoveliidae, but molecular studies suggest it is phylogenetically inconsistent, and thus suggest to abandon dividing the two.
Mesoveliidae – water treaders, pondweed bugs
Austrovelia
Cavaticovelia
Cryptovelia Andersen & Polhemus, 1980
Darwinivelia Andersen & Polhemus, 1980
Madeovelia Poisson, 1959
Mesovelia Mulsant and Rey, 1852
Mesoveloidea Hungerford, 1929
Mniovelia Andersen & Polhemus, 1980
Nereivelia
Phrynovelia Horváth, 1915
Seychellovelia Andersen & Polhemus, 2003
Speovelia Esaki, 1929
References
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- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (lagu tema)
- Carrie Underwood
- Treading water
- Water treader
- Treading Water
- The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
- Cavaticovelia
- The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
- AAA
- Mesovelia mulsanti
- List of things named after Charles Darwin
- Treading Water (2013 film)
