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Family Gerridae - Water Striders


Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Gerromorpha » Water Striders (Gerridae)
Waterstriders (Gerromorpha)
Researcher in Illinois working on water striders. Has links to a checklist, showing some recent (?) revisions of genera. Photos of some species and some discusison on ecology.
Contributed by Cotinis on 29 June, 2004 - 1:38pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Gerromorpha » Water Striders (Gerridae)
Halobates - Oceanic Insects
These are the only pelagic (offshore in salt water) insects. Rather an extensive web site--several pages on biology, taxonomy, etc. Looks like North American species should be: 1-Halobates micans, Gulf of Mexico and southeastern Atlantic coast, and offshore. 2-H. sericeus, southern Pacific coast.
Contributed by Cotinis on 29 June, 2004 - 12:46pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Gerromorpha » Water Striders (Gerridae)
Water Striders--Bug of the Month
Concise summary of water striders.
Contributed by Cotinis on 29 June, 2004 - 12:41pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Gerromorpha
Checklist of Illinois Gerromorpha (Heteroptera), by Dr. Steven J. Taylor
The checklist includes 51 spp. in 14 genera of 5 families.
Contributed by v belov on 24 December, 2009 - 9:00pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera)
Identification Key to the Principal Families of Florida Heteroptera, by P. M. Choate
Illustrated by photographs of David Almquist. Rich bibliography provided.
Contributed by v belov on 24 December, 2009 - 9:34pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera)
Checklist of the Hemiptera of Oklahoma
Extensive checklist, with bibliography.

(This is an old link, formerly under Hemiptera, a classification no longer used here.)
Contributed by Cotinis on 15 November, 2007 - 8:15am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera)
Newly emerged cicada
a very friendly newly emerged cicada from the end of summer 2008
Contributed by Martha Ramirez on 13 June, 2009 - 3:02pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta)
Billd's Florida Insect Page.
This is my entomology page with photos and links about insects. I hope you use this page for science and education.
Contributed by Bill D. on 15 April, 2009 - 12:21pm


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