Naucoridae

Creeping water bugs
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Infraorder:	Nepomorpha
Family:	Naucoridae
Subfamilies
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Pelocoris femoratus

Naucoridae is a small family of insects commonly known as the creeping water bugs and saucer bugs. They are similar in appearance and behavior to Belostomatidae (giant water bugs), but considerably smaller, at 0.5–2 cm (0.2–0.8 in) long. Naucoridae are found around the world, but the greatest diversity is in tropical regions. They inhabit a wide range of freshwater habitats, ranging from still waters like ponds, to flowing rivers and even torrential streams. There are about 400 species in 40 genera in 5 subfamilies.^[1]^[2]

They were formerly united in a superfamily Naucoroidea with the Aphelocheiridae and , but these are now in their own superfamily (Aphelocheiroidea) and the Naucoroidea are monotypic.

Genera[]

These 60 genera belong to the family Naucoridae:

Popov, 1968^{i g}
Ambrysus Stål, 1861^{i c g b}
Montandon, 1897^{i g}
Popov, 1971^{i g}
Handlirsch, 1908^{i g}
Handlirsch, 1921^g
Montandon, 1897^{i g}
Usinger, 1938^{i g}
De Carlo, 1963^{i g}
Usinger, 1941^{i g}
La Rivers, 1971^{i g}
Hope, 1841^{i g}
Montandon, 1909^{i g}
Martins-Neto in López Ruf et al., 2005^{i g}
López Ruf and Perez Goodwyn in López Ruf et al., 2005^{i g}
Cryphocricos Signoret, 1850^{i c g b}
Montandon, 1897^{i g}
La Rivers, 1969^{i g}
Montandon, 1897^{i g}
Zhang, Yao, Ren and Zhao, 2011^{i g}
Montandon, 1897^{i g}
Zettel, 2007^{i g}
Stål, 1876^{i g}
Popov, 1971^{i g}
Sites, 2015^{i g}
Montandon, 1897^{i g}
Popov, 1971^g
Ilyocoris Stål, 1861ⁱ
La Rivers, 1974^{i g}
Popov, 1985^{i g}
Stål, 1856^{i g}
Popov, 1971^{i g}
Limnocoris Stål, 1860^{i c g b}
Signoret, 1861^{i g}
Zhang, Yao, Ren and Zhao, 2011^{i g}
Popov, 1996^{i g}
Sites in Sites and Vitheepradit, 2007^{i g}
Zettel, 2001^{i g}
Naucoris Fabricius, 1775^{i g}
Popov, 1968^{i g}
Popov, 1968^{i g}
Montandon, 1913^{i g}
Westwood, 1854^{i g}
La Rivers, 1971^{i g}
Handlirsch, 1908^{i g}
Pelocoris Stål, 1876^{i c g b}
D. Polhemus and J. Polhemus, 1987^{i g}
La Rivers, 1952^g
La Rivers, 1956^{i g}
Sites and Zettel in Sites et al., 2011^{i g}
J. Polhemus, 1991^{i g}
Sagocoris Montandon, 1911^{i g}
Marchesini Santos, 1971^g
Handlirsch, 1908^{i g}
La Rivers, 1969^{i g}
La Rivers, 1971^{i g}
Montandon, 1897^{i g}
Distant, 1904^{i g}
^{c g}
La Rivers, 1971^{i g}

Data sources: i = ITIS,^[3] c = Catalogue of Life,^[4] g = GBIF,^[5] b = Bugguide.net^[6]

References[]

^ Randall T. Schuh, James Alexander Slater (1995). True bugs of the world (Hemiptera:Heteroptera): classification and natural history, pp. 124-126. Cornell University Press. ISBN 0-8014-2066-0
^ N. Nieser; M. Lopez Ruf (2001). "A review of Limnocoris Stål (Heteroptera: Naucoridae) in Southern South America East of the Andes". Tidschrift voor Entomologie. 144: 261–328.
^ "Naucoridae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
^ "Browse Naucoridae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
^ "Naucoridae". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
^ "Naucoridae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-20.

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[schuh-1] Randall T. Schuh, James Alexander Slater (1995). True bugs of the world (Hemiptera:Heteroptera): classification and natural history, pp. 124-126. Cornell University Press. ISBN 0-8014-2066-0

[2] N. Nieser; M. Lopez Ruf (2001). "A review of Limnocoris Stål (Heteroptera: Naucoridae) in Southern South America East of the Andes". Tidschrift voor Entomologie. 144: 261–328.

[itis-3] "Naucoridae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-20.

[catlife-4] "Browse Naucoridae". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-20.

[gbif-5] "Naucoridae". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-20.

[bugref-6] "Naucoridae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-20.

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