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For the United States & Canada

Family Gelastocoridae - Toad Bugs


A taxonomic revision of the family Gelastocoridae (Hemiptera)
By Todd E.L.
U. Kans. Sci. Bull. 37: 277‒475, 1955

Nerthra fuscipes, a toad bug new to the USA, established in Florida
By S.E. Halbert and J.E. Eger
Florida Entomologist 92(1): 161-162, 2009

Three aquatic true bugs (Hem.: Heteroptera) newly reported in Illinois, with keys to Hesperocorixa (Corixidae) and Notonectidae
By Swanson D.R., Bilger E.E.
Ent. News 130: 1‒18, 2021
Full title: Three aquatic true bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) newly reported in Illinois, with keys to Hesperocorixa (Corixidae) and Notonectidae of Illinois
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Phylogeny of the true water bugs (Nepomorpha: Hemiptera–Heteroptera) based on 16S and 28S rDNA and morphology
By M.B. Hebsgaard, N.M. Andersen, & J. Damgaard
Systematic Entomology 29: 488-508, 2004

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.

Abstract

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.

Catalogue of the Nearctic Hemiptera-Heteroptera.
By Banks, N.
American Entomological Society, Philadelphia. viii + 103 pp., 1910
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Banks, N. (1910) Catalogue of the Nearctic Hemiptera-Heteroptera. American Entomological Society, Philadelphia. viii + 103 pp.

Aquatic and semiaquatic Hemiptera of Mississippi
By Wilson C.A.
Tulane Studies in Zoology 6: 113‒170, 1958

New Hemiptera-Heteroptera, with comments upon the distribution of certain known species
By Barber, H.G.
New York J Ent Soc 22: 164-171., 1914
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Barber, H.G. (1914) New Hemiptera-Heteroptera, with comments upon the distribution of certain known species. New York J Ent Soc 22: 164-171.