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Genus Graptocorixa

Grapto Boatman - Graptocorixa abdominalis

Graptocorixa? - Graptocorixa abdominalis

Graptocorixa abdominalis? - Graptocorixa abdominalis - female

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 Corixoidea

Family Corixidae (Water Boatmen)

Subfamily Corixinae

Tribe Graptocorixini

Genus Graptocorixa

Explanation of Names

Graptocorixa Hungerford 1930

Numbers

6 spp. in our area(1)

Range

w./sw. US(2)

Works Cited

1.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.

2.	Aquatic Insects of North America R. W. Merritt, K. W. Cummins, M.B. Berg. 2008. Kendall/Hunt.

Contributed by Tim Loh on 6 February, 2009 - 12:00am
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, v belov
Last updated 24 October, 2012 - 10:39pm

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