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Species Notonecta kirbyi

backswimmer - Notonecta kirbyi backswimmer - Notonecta kirbyi mating backswimmers - Notonecta kirbyi Notonecta unifasciata ? - Notonecta kirbyi Notonecta kirbyi Notonecta kirbyi backswimmer in intermittent pool - Notonecta kirbyi Notonecta kirbyi in small pond - Notonecta kirbyi
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
most of NA(1)
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