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Species Rhagovelia becki

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Semiaquatic Bugs (Gerromorpha) » Gerroidea » Smaller Water Striders (Veliidae) » Rhagovelia » Rhagovelia becki

Systematics of the Genus Rhagovelis Mayr (Heteroptera: Veliidae) in the Western Hemisphere (Exclusive of the angustipes complex)

By Dan A. Polhemus
Entomological Society of America, 1997

Great resource for Rhagovelia. Covers 141 species (of which 11 occur in U.S.) Genus Trochopus now in Rhagovelia.

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Contributed by Jeffrey A Back on 6 June, 2019 - 1:39pm

New records of the water strider Platyvelia brachialis (Stål 1860) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from the Dominican Rep...

By Perez-Gelabert D.E., Burguez Floriano C.F.
Proc. ent. Soc. Wash. 118: 471-476, 2016

Full title: New records of the water strider Platyvelia brachialis (Stål 1860) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from the Dominican Republic and Haiti, with a checklist of the West Indian Veliidae
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Contributed by v belov on 1 July, 2017 - 1:25pm

The Veliidae (Heteroptera) of America north of Mexico

By Smith, Cecil L. and John T. Polhemus
Proceedings of The Entomological Society of Washington 80(1): 56-68, 1978

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Abstract. — Keys, supplemented with scanning electron micrographs and drawings, are presented for the five genera and 35 species of Veliidae of North America north of Mexico. Distributions and synonymies are given in a check list. A selected bibliography pertaining to these taxa is included.

Work includes original sources.

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Contributed by Steve Nanz on 15 May, 2016 - 12:07pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Semiaquatic Bugs (Gerromorpha)

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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Contributed by v belov on 6 March, 2013 - 11:24am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Semiaquatic Bugs (Gerromorpha)

Cladistics, historical biogeography and a check list of gerrine water striders (Gerridae) of the World

By N.M. Andersen
Steenstrupia 21: 93–123, 1995

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Contributed by v belov on 24 December, 2009 - 9:23pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Semiaquatic Bugs (Gerromorpha)

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.

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Contributed by v belov on 24 December, 2009 - 9:12pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera)

A synopsis of the Hemiptera-Heteroptera of America north of Mexico

By Torre-Bueno J.R. de la
Entomol. Amer. 19: 141‒304 & 21: 41‒122, 1939

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Contributed by v belov on 31 March, 2024 - 8:40pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera)

True Bugs (Heteroptera) of the Neotropics

By Panizzi A.R., Grazia J., eds.
Springer. xxii+901 pp., 2015

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Contributed by v belov on 3 December, 2023 - 7:04pm

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