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Genus Merragata

Hebridae: Merragata brunnea - Merragata brunnea

Merragata hebroides? - Merragata hebroides

Chinch bug look-alike with curious behaviour (under water) - Merragata hebroides

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 Gerromorpha (Semiaquatic Bugs)

Superfamily Hebroidea

Family Hebridae (Velvet Water Bugs)

Genus Merragata

Explanation of Names

Merragata White 1877

Numbers

2 spp. in our area(1)

Size

our spp. 1.4-2.0 mm(2)

Identification

key to spp. in(2)

Range

across NA(3)(4)

Habitat

on floating vegetation(2)

Works Cited

1.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.

2.	Identification manual for the aquatic and semi-aquatic Heteroptera of Florida Epler J.H. 2006. FL Dept. Env. Prot., Tallahassee, FL. 186 pp.

3.	Checklist of the Hemiptera of Canada and Alaska Maw, H.E.L., R.G. Foottit, K.G.A. Hamilton and G.G.E. Scudder. 2000. NRC Research Press.

4.	Aquatic Insects of North America R. W. Merritt, K. W. Cummins, M.B. Berg. 2008. Kendall/Hunt.

Contributed by tom murray on 13 January, 2008 - 4:11pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 7 May, 2013 - 1:50pm

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