First record of the genus Lethocerus Mayr, 1853 from the Lower Miocene of the Most Formation in northern Bohemia, Czech Republic (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha: Belostomatidae)

Abstract

The fossil hemelytra and legs of Lethocerus sp. are described from a Lower Miocene in northern part of the Czech Republic. Morphology of the hemelytron venation is compared with recent species of genera Lethocerus and Belostoma Latreille, 1807.

Keywords

• J. Prokop l. 1837 fossil insects
• Heteroptera
• Nepomorpha
• Belostomatidae
• Lethocerus
• taxonomy
• Lower Miocene
• Czech Republic
• Central Europe