Genus Ranatra

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Remarks · Works Cited

Water Scorpion (Ranatra sp.) - Ranatra quadridentata

What the heck is this???? - Ranatra fusca

Unknown Ranatra (Hemiptera: Nepidae) - Ranatra quadridentata

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

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

Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)

Family Nepidae (Waterscorpions)

Genus Ranatra

Numbers

10 nearctic species (1)

Identification

Long and slender relative to the other genera. (1)

Remarks

Nearctica.com lists the ten species.

Works Cited

1.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico By Ross H. Arnett

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 6 April, 2004 - 4:29pm

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