Aphelocheirus aestivalis

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Aphelocheirus aestivalis
Aphelocheirus aestivalis.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hemiptera
Suborder:
Heteroptera
Superfamily:
Aphelocheiroidea
Family:
Genus:
Aphelocheirus
Species:
A. aestivalis
Binomial name
Aphelocheirus aestivalis
(Fabricius, 1794)

Aphelocheirus aestivalis is a Palearctic species of true bug.[1][2][3] It is aquatic and wingless, covered in microscopic hairs that form a physical gill when underwater.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ K. H. C. Jordan: Wasserwanzen. Die Neue Brehm-Bücherei, Leipzig, 1950. .
  2. ^ Mamaev B.M. , Medvedev L.N. , Pravdin F.N. Keys to insects of the European part of the USSR. - M .: Education, 1976 .-- P. 87 .-- 304 p.
  3. ^ Aukema, Berend, and Christian Rieger, eds. (1995) , Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, vol. 1: Enicocephalomorpha, Dipsocoromorpha, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha and Leptopodomorpha
  4. ^ Aquatic Heteroptera Recording Scheme for Britain & Ireland. Wordpress https://aquaticbugs.com/aphelocheirus-aestivalis/. Retrieved 10 August 2020. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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