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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Water Striders (Gerridae) » Limnoporus

Genus Limnoporus

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Family Gerridae (Water Striders)
Genus Limnoporus
Explanation of Names
Author of genus is Stål, 1868.
Numbers
4 species listed at Nomina-Nearctica:
Limnoporus canaliculatus Say 1832
Limnoporus dissortis Drake and Harris 1930
Limnoporus notablis Drake and Hottes 1925
Limnoporus rufoscutellata Latreille 1807
Internet References
Aquatic Invertebrates of Alberta
Gerridae or Water Striders of Oregon and Washington
The Comparative Toxicogenomics Database
Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 6 December, 2008 - 11:06pm
Last updated 7 December, 2008 - 11:02am

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