Notonectidae

Notonectidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Notonectoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata 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: Nepomorpha Superfamilia: Notonectoidea

Familia: Notonectidae
Subfamiliae: Anisopinae – Notonectinae

Name

Notonectidae Latreille, 1802: 253 [As Notonectariae]

References

Primary references

• Latreille, P.A. 1802. Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des crustacés et des insectes. Ouvrage faisant suite à l’histoire naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs sociétés savantes. Familles naturelles des genres. Tome troisième. F. Dufart, Paris, pp. i-xii + 13–467 [+ 1 (errata)]. BHL Reference page.  [p. 253]

Additional references

• Berchi, G.M. 2013. Checklist and distribution of the family Notonectidae in Romania, with the first record of Notonecta maculata Fabricius, 1794 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Nepomorpha). Zootaxa 3682(1): 121–132. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3682.1.5 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• dos Santos, S.E., Barbosa, J.F., Moreira, F.F.F. & Couceiro, S.R.M. 2025. Corixoidea and Notonectidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Nepomorpha) of Pará, Brazil, with new records from the western portion of the state. Zootaxa 5627(2): 275–304. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5627.2.3 Reference page. 
• Jordão, R., Barbosa, J.F. & Moreira, F.F.F. 2025. Survey of the Notonectidae (Insecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Nepomorpha) from northeastern Brazil. ZooKeys 1233: 245–288. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1233.120598 Reference page. 
• Littauer, R. 2025. Corrections for agreement in gender in Notonectidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) under Article 31 of the Code. Zootaxa 5618(2): 287–288. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5618.2.8 . Reference page. 
• Young, E.C. 2010. The taxonomic impediment of unrecognised flight polymorphism in Notonectidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Zootaxa 2535: 35–48. Preview
• Young, E.C. 2010. The water boatmen and backswimmers of New Zealand. Hemiptera: Corixidae and Notonectidae. A research guide. Witherlea Press, Nelson. ISBN 978-0-473-17649-5

Vernacular names

• English: Backswimmers
• français: Notonecte
• 日本語: マツモムシ科

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