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Species Merragata hebroides

Velvet Water Bug for CA - Merragata hebroides

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

Species hebroides (Merragata hebroides)

Explanation of Names

Merragata hebroides White 1877

Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 25 February, 2008 - 5:08pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 3 May, 2017 - 9:25am

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