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
| Gerroidea | |
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| Gerridae | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Infraorder: | Gerromorpha |
| Superfamily: | Gerroidea |
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
- "Gerroidea Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
- "Gerroidea superfamily Information". BugGuide.net. 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.
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