Species Microvelia pulchella

Classification · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Broad-shouldered Water Strider - Microvelia pulchella

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)

Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)

Family Veliidae (Broad-shouldered Water Striders)

Genus Microvelia

Species pulchella (Microvelia pulchella)

Much of North America

Habitat

Ponds with duckweed.

Print References

Slater, p. 215, fig. 438 (1)

Internet References

Florida Association of Benthologists

Works Cited

1.	How to Know the True Bugs By Slater, James A., and Baranowski, Richard M.

Contributed by tom murray on 24 April, 2007 - 5:42am
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 24 April, 2007 - 9:49am

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