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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Semiaquatic Bugs (Gerromorpha) » Water Treaders (Mesoveliidae) » Mesovelia » Mulsant's Water Treader (Mesovelia mulsanti)

Species Mesovelia mulsanti - Mulsant's Water Treader

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Season · Remarks · Works Cited
Water Treader - Mesovelia mulsanti Mesovilia sp? - Mesovelia mulsanti Mulsant's Water Treader - Mesovelia mulsanti Mesovelia mulsanti White - Mesovelia mulsanti Mesovelia mulsanti Mesovelia - Mesovelia mulsanti Mesovelia mulsanti - Mesovelia mulsanti Female, Mesovelia mulsanti? - Mesovelia mulsanti - female
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)
Family Mesoveliidae (Water Treaders)
Genus Mesovelia
Species mulsanti (Mulsant's Water Treader)
Explanation of Names
Mesovelia mulsanti White, 1879
named after French entomologist and ornithologist Martial Étienne Mulsant (1797 - 1880)
Size
3-4 mm
Range
e. NA to BC / s. to Argentina; the most common member of the genus throughout e. US(1)(2)
Habitat
lentic waters, usually on open water near margins; also in salt marshes(2)
Season
year-round in southern US; warmer seasons further north
Remarks
comes to lights
Works Cited
1.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.
2.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 tom murray on 13 January, 2008 - 4:15pm
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, v belov, mpintar
Last updated 12 September, 2024 - 4:57pm

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