Karataviella is an extinct genus of corixid bug that lived in Asia during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, from the Callovian to the Barremian stages.
Distribution Fossils of Karataviella are known from China, Kazakhstan, and Russia.
Palaeobiology
Life history Fossils of Karataviella popovi have been found preserving evidence of carrying clutches of eggs on the left mesotibia, representing an asymmetric egg-carrying behaviour that represented a unique brooding strategy unknown in any other animals.
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