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Species Notonecta kirbyi

Notonecta - think kirbyi? - 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

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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