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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Aquatic Bugs (Nepomorpha) » Notonectoidea » Backswimmers (Notonectidae) » Notonecta » subgenus Paranecta (Notonecta subgenus Paranecta) » Notonecta kirbyi

Species Notonecta kirbyi

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Nepomorpha (Aquatic Bugs)
Superfamily Notonectoidea
Family Notonectidae (Backswimmers)
Genus Notonecta
No Taxon (subgenus Paranecta)
Species kirbyi (Notonecta kirbyi)
Explanation of Names
Notonecta kirbyi Hungerford 1925
Size
12-15 mm
Range
Western North America
Internet References
species page(1)
Works Cited
1.University of Alberta Entomology Collection
Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 6 December, 2008 - 11:58pm
Additional contributions by v belov, mpintar
Last updated 1 November, 2023 - 6:57pm

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