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Genus Platyvelia

 
 
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Revision of the American genus Platyvelia Polhemus & Polhemus, 1993 (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha: Veliidae)
By Rodrigues H.D.D., Burguez Floriano C.F., Zettel H., Moreira F.F.F.
Rev. Bras. Entomol. 65: 1-19, 2021

New records of the water strider Platyvelia brachialis (Stål 1860) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from the Dominican Rep...
By Perez-Gelabert D.E., Burguez Floriano C.F.
Proc. ent. Soc. Wash. 118: 471-476, 2016
Full title: New records of the water strider Platyvelia brachialis (Stål 1860) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from the Dominican Republic and Haiti, with a checklist of the West Indian Veliidae
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The Veliidae (Heteroptera) of America north of Mexico
By Smith, Cecil L. and John T. Polhemus
Proceedings of The Entomological Society of Washington 80(1): 56-68, 1978
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Abstract. — Keys, supplemented with scanning electron micrographs and drawings, are presented for the five genera and 35 species of Veliidae of North America north of Mexico. Distributions and synonymies are given in a check list. A selected bibliography pertaining to these taxa is included.

Work includes original sources.

What do we know about the phylogeny of the semi-aquatic bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha)?
By Damgaard J.
Entomologica Americana 118: 81-98, 2012
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Cladistics, historical biogeography and a check list of gerrine water striders (Gerridae) of the World
By N.M. Andersen
Steenstrupia 21: 93–123, 1995

Evolution of the semi-aquatic bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha) with a re-interpretation of the fossil record
By Jakob Damgaard
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 48(2): 251-268, 2008
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The Gerromorpha probably extends back into the Triassic. All families were present in the Mesozoic, and most (all?) extant subfamilies were also present at that time.

Hemiptera mexicana.
By Stål, C.
Entomologische Zeitung, 23: 289-325., 1862
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Stål, C. (1862). Hemiptera mexicana. Entomologische Zeitung, 23: 289-325.

Corrections and additions to the "Catalog of the Heteroptera, or true bugs, of Canada and the continental United States"
By Henry, T.J., and Foreschner, R.C.
Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 94(2): 263-272., 1992
Henry, T.J., and Foreschner, R.C. (1992) Corrections and additions to the "Catalog of the Heteroptera, or true bugs, of Canada and the continental United States". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 94(2): 263-272.

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The catalog of the Heteroptera of Canada and the United States, appearing in December 1988, contains entries for more than 675 genera and 3800 species. Through use and the efforts of the coeditors and cooperating colleagues, a list of corrections and additions is provided for the 958-page volume. Changes range from extra periods and parentheses around authors names to omitted taxa.

 
 
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