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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Aquatic Bugs (Nepomorpha) » Ochteroidea » Velvety Shore Bugs (Ochteridae)

Family Ochteridae - Velvety Shore Bugs

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · See Also · Works Cited
Velvety Shore Bug - Ochterus Velvety Shore Bug - Ochterus Ochteridae - Ochterus banksi - female Ochterus - Ochterus banksi Shore Bug - Ochterus banksi Unidentified True Bug - Ochterus Ochterus Velvety shore bug – genus Ochterus? - Ochterus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Infraorder Nepomorpha (Aquatic Bugs)
Superfamily Ochteroidea
Family Ochteridae (Velvety Shore Bugs)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
revised in (1)
Explanation of Names
Ochteridae Kirkaldy 1906
Numbers
small family, with 6 spp. in a single genus in our area(2) and ~85 spp. in 3 genera total(3)(4)
Size
our spp. 4‒5 mm(2)
Identification
forelegs nonraptorial(3); can jump(5)
Range
worldwide; in our area, ON & much of the US(2)
Habitat
damp areas along ponds/lakes/streams(3)
Food
small invertebrates(3)
See Also
Saldidae
Works Cited
1.The Ochteridae (Hemiptera) of the Western Hemisphere.
Schell, D.V. 1943. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 16(1): 29-36.
2.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
3.Biodiversity of the Heteroptera
Henry T.J. 2009. In: Foottit R.G., Adler P.H., eds. Insect biodiversity: Science and society. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell: 223−263.
4.BioLib.cz
5.Identification manual for the aquatic and semi-aquatic Heteroptera of Florida
Epler J.H. 2006. FL Dept. Env. Prot., Tallahassee, FL. 186 pp.
Contributed by Joyce Gross on 10 January, 2008 - 1:30am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 9 October, 2023 - 2:57pm

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