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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.

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.

Notes on synonymy and nomenclature of Palaeartic Heteroptera
By I.M. Kerzhner
Zoosystematica Rossica, 1993
Established synonymies in Nabidae, Miridae, Piesmatidae, Lygaeidae, Acanthosomatidae, Pentatomidae, Scutelleridae, Lygaeidae.

A synopsis of the Hemiptera-Heteroptera of America north of Mexico
By Torre-Bueno J.R. de la
Ent. amer. 19: 141‒304 & 21: 41‒122, 1939
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True Bugs (Heteroptera) of the Neotropics
By Panizzi A.R., Grazia J., eds.
Springer. xxii+901 pp., 2015