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Species Hesperocorixa vulgaris

water Boatman - Hesperocorixa vulgaris - 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 Hesperocorixa

Species vulgaris (Hesperocorixa vulgaris)

Contributed by Tim Loh on 25 April, 2009 - 1:26am

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