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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Semiaquatic Bugs (Gerromorpha)

Infraorder Gerromorpha - Semiaquatic Bugs

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Semiaquatic Bugs (Gerromorpha)

What do we know about the phylogeny of the semi-aquatic bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha)?

By Damgaard J.
Entomologica Americana 118: 81-98, 2012

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Contributed by v belov on 6 March, 2013 - 11:24am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Semiaquatic Bugs (Gerromorpha)

Cladistics, historical biogeography and a check list of gerrine water striders (Gerridae) of the World

By N.M. Andersen
Steenstrupia 21: 93–123, 1995

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Contributed by v belov on 24 December, 2009 - 9:23pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Semiaquatic Bugs (Gerromorpha)

Evolution of the semi-aquatic bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha) with a re-interpretation of the fossil record

By Jakob Damgaard
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 48(2): 251-268, 2008

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The Gerromorpha probably extends back into the Triassic. All families were present in the Mesozoic, and most (all?) extant subfamilies were also present at that time.

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Contributed by v belov on 24 December, 2009 - 9:12pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Semiaquatic Bugs (Gerromorpha) » Gerroidea » Water Striders (Gerridae) » Gerrinae » Aquarius » remigis group (Aquarius remigis group)

Patterns of postmating reproductive isolation in a newly discovered species pair, Aquarius remigis and A. remigoides...

By Gallant S.L., Fairbairn D.J.
Heredity 78: 571-577, 1997

Full title: Patterns of postmating reproductive isolation in a newly discovered species pair, Aquarius remigis and A. remigoides (Hemiptera; Gerridae)
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Contributed by v belov on 30 July, 2023 - 5:17pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Semiaquatic Bugs (Gerromorpha) » Gerroidea » Smaller Water Striders (Veliidae) » Rhagovelia » Rhagovelia becki

Systematics of the Genus Rhagovelis Mayr (Heteroptera: Veliidae) in the Western Hemisphere (Exclusive of the angustipes complex)

By Dan A. Polhemus
Entomological Society of America, 1997

Great resource for Rhagovelia. Covers 141 species (of which 11 occur in U.S.) Genus Trochopus now in Rhagovelia.

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Contributed by Jeffrey A Back on 6 June, 2019 - 1:39pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Semiaquatic Bugs (Gerromorpha) » Hebroidea » Velvet Water Bugs (Hebridae) » Merragata » Merragata hebroides

Survey of the North American species of Merragata

By C. J. Drake
The Ohio Journal of Science, 1917

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https://kb.osu.edu/bitstream/handle/1811/1935/V17N04_101.pdf?sequence=1

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Contributed by Jeffrey A Back on 24 September, 2019 - 10:55am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Semiaquatic Bugs (Gerromorpha) » Gerroidea » Water Striders (Gerridae) » Halobates » Pacific Pelagic Water Strider (Halobates sericeus)

The Marine Insect Halobates (Heteroptera: Gerridae): Biology, Adaptations, Distribution, and Phylogeny

By Nils Moller Andersen & Lanna Cheng
Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review, 2004

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Contributed by Tim Loh on 13 April, 2011 - 1:52pm

Phylogeny and taxonomy of water striders, genus Aquarius Schellenberg (...), with a new species from Australia

By Andersen N.M.
Steenstrupia 16: 37-81, 1990

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Contributed by v belov on 6 March, 2013 - 11:28am

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