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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) » Corixoidea » Water Boatmen (Corixidae) » Corixinae » Corixini » Ramphocorixa

Genus Ramphocorixa

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
Ramphocorixa - Ramphocorixa acuminata - male Ramphocorixa - Ramphocorixa acuminata - male Corixid - Ramphocorixa acuminata - female Ramphocorixa acuminata - male ventral - Ramphocorixa acuminata Ramphocorixa acuminata - male yellowish backswimmer - Ramphocorixa acuminata Ramphocorixa acuminata - male
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 Corixini
Genus Ramphocorixa
Explanation of Names
Ramphocorixa Abbott 1912
Numbers
2 spp. in our area(1)
Range
in NA, except west(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 22 February, 2009 - 11:08am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 24 October, 2012 - 10:53pm

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