Gerroidea

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Gerroidea
Gerridae P1060215a.jpg
Gerridae
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Infraorder: Gerromorpha
Superfamily: Gerroidea

Gerroidea is a superfamily of semiaquatic bugs in the order Hemiptera. There are at least 3 families and more than 2,000 described species in Gerroidea.[1][2]

Gerridae

Families[]

These three families belong to the superfamily Gerroidea:

  • Gerridae Leach, 1815 (water striders)
  • Hermatobatidae Coutière & Martin, 1901
  • Veliidae Amyot & Serville, 1843 (smaller water striders or riffle bugs)

References[]

  1. ^ "Gerroidea Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-10-14.

Further reading[]

  • Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian, eds. (1995). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 1: Enicocephalomorpha, Dipsocoromorpha, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha and Leptopodomorpha. The Netherlands Entomological Society. ISBN 978-90-71912-12-2.
  • Bantock, T.; Botting, J. (2013). "British Bugs, an online identification guide to UK Hemiptera". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  • Cryan, Jason R.; Urban, Julie M. (2012). "Higher-level phylogeny of the insect order Hemiptera: is Auchenorrhyncha really paraphyletic?". Systematic Entomology. 37 (1): 7–21. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00611.x.

External links[]

  • Media related to Gerroidea at Wikimedia Commons


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