Species Trepobates subnitidus

Classification · Identification · Internet References

Trepobate Water Strider? - Trepobates subnitidus

Common Water Strider? Two of 'em - Trepobates subnitidus

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 Trepobates

Species subnitidus (Trepobates subnitidus)

Identification

Species can be separated from others by differences in striping pattern on the mesonotum and pronotum; in this species, there is no pale lateral stripe on the mesonotum immediately following the dark lateral pronotal stripe.

Internet References

Gerridae of Michigan-keys to species

Insects of Cedar Creek- image of pinned specimen

Contributed by Tim Loh on 18 February, 2009 - 11:25pm

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