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''Chresmoda'' is an extinct genus of insects within the family Chresmodidae. ==Description== ''Chresmoda'' are large enigmatic insects with very long specialized legs, probably adapted for skating on the water surface. They can reach a body length of about , with a forewing length of about .〔 These Polyneoptera of uncertain position have been considered aquatic and terrestrial bug or phasmids. They should instead be anomalous paraplecopterids living on the water surface, probably predaceous on nektonic small animals.〔A. G. Ponomarenko (Fossil insects from the Tithonian «Solnhofener Plattenkalke» in the Museum of Natural History, Vienna )〕 〔A. Nel, D. Azar, X. Martinez-Delclos and E. Makhoul ( A new Upper Cretaceous species of Chresmoda from Lebanon - a latest representative of Chresmodidae (Insecta: Polyneoptera inc. sed.): first record of homeotic mutations in the fossil record of insects )〕 They lived during the Cretaceous of Brazil, China, Lebanon, Spain, United Kingdom, as well as in the Jurassic of Germany, from 150.8 to 94.3 Ma.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chresmoda」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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