Gerromorpha

Gerris lacustris

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Paraneoptera
Superordo: Condylognatha
Ordo: Hemiptera
Subordo: Heteroptera
Infraordo: Gerromorpha
Superfamiliae (4): Mesovelioidea – Hebroidea – Hydrometroidea – Gerroidea

Overview of familiae (8)

Gerridae – Hebridae – Hermatobatidae – Hydrometridae – Macroveliidae – Mesoveliidae – Paraphrynoveliidae – Veliidae

Name

Gerromorpha Popov, 1971

References

Additional references

• Andersen, N.M. 1982: The semiaquatic bugs (Hemiptera, Gerromorpha): phylogeny, adaptations, biogeography, and classification. Entomonograph, (3) ISBN 87-87491-05-2 Reference page. 
• Dias-Silva, K., Moreira, F.F.F., Giehl, N.F. da S., Nóbrega, C.C. & Cabette, H.S.R. 2013: Gerromorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of eastern Mato Grosso State, Brazil: checklist, new records, and species distribution modeling. Zootaxa 3736(3): 201–235. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3736.3.1 Reference page. 
• Cianferoni, F. 2019. Review of the aquatic Hemiptera from Cephalonia, with a checklist for the Ionian Islands, Greece (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha, Nepomorpha, Leptopodomorpha). Zootaxa 4576(1): 46–60. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4576.1.2 Reference page. 
• Csabai, Z., Soós, N., Berchi, G.M., Cianferoni, F., Boda, P. & Móra, A. 2017. Aquatic and semiaquatic Heteroptera (Nepomorpha and Gerromorpha) fauna of Greek holiday islands (Rhodes, Crete and Corfu) with first records of three species from Europe and Greece. Zootaxa 4231(1): 51–69. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4231.1.3. Reference page. 
• Klementová, B.R., Kment, P. & Svitok, M. 2015. Checklist of water bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha) of Slovakia. Zootaxa 4058(2): 227–243. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4058.2.5. Preview (PDF) Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Linnavuori, R.E. 2009. Studies on the Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha, Leptopodomorpha, and Miridae excluding Phylini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of Khuzestan and the adjacent provinces of Iran. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49(1): 1–32. PDF Reference page. 
• Moreira, F.F.F. et al. 2011. Checklist and distribution of semiaquatic and aquatic Heteroptera (Gerromorpha and Nepomorpha) occurring in Brazil. Zootaxa, 2958: 1–74. Preview
• Moreira, F.F.F., Rodrigues, H.D.D., Barbosa, J.F., Klementová, B.R. & Svitok, M. 2016. New records of Gerromorpha and Nepomorpha (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from South America. Biodiversity Data Journal 4: e7975. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e7975. Reference page. 
• Riviaux, S.M., Moreira, F.F.F. & Naranjo López, C. 2010. Checklist, distribution, and habitat of the semiaquatic and aquatic bugs from Cuba (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Dipsocoromorpha, Leptopodomorpha, Gerromorpha and Nepomorpha). Zootaxa 2562: 1–23. Preview
• Shapovalov, M.I., Saprykin, M.A. & Prokin, A.A. 2018. Annotated catalog of the northwest Caucasian Nepomorpha and Gerromorpha (Heteroptera). Zootaxa 4379(1): 113–133. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4379.1.7 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

suomi: Puolivesiluteet
magyar: Kétéltűpoloskák
日本語: アメンボ下目

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