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Genus Gerris


Classification, phylogeny, and zoogeography of the pond skater genus Gerris Fabricius (Hemiptera: Gerridae)
By Andersen N.M.
Can. J. Zool. 71: 2473-2508, 1993

Genital morphology and taxonomy of the water strider Aquarius remigis (Say) (Insecta, Hemiptera-Heteroptera: Gerridae)
By Damgaard J., Christiansen P.
Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 90: 381-398, 2007

Molecular phylogeny of the pond skaters (Gerrinae), discussion of the fossil record and a checklist of species...
By Damgaard J., Moreira F.F.F., Weir T.A., Zettel H.
Insect Systematics & Evolution 45: 251-281, 2014
Full title: Molecular phylogeny of the pond skaters (Gerrinae), discussion of the fossil record and a checklist of species assigned to the subfamily (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerridae)
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Phylogeny and reclassification of species groups in Aquarius Schellenberg, Limnoporus Stål and Gerris Fabricius...
By Damgaard J., Cognato A.I.
Syst. Entomol. 31: 93-112, 2006
Full title: Phylogeny and reclassification of species groups in Aquarius Schellenberg, Limnoporus Stål and Gerris Fabricius (Insecta: Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Gerridae)
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A new species of Aquarius from the southeastern United States, with electrophoretic analysis of the clade containing Gerris...
By Gallant S.L., Fairbairn D.J.
Ann. Ent. Soc. Am. 89: 637-644, 1996
Full title: A new species of Aquarius from the southeastern United States, with electrophoretic analysis of the clade containing Gerris, Limnoporus, and Aquarius (Hemiptera: Gerridae)
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Biogeography and diversification of Holarctic water stridres: Cenozoic temperature variation, habitat shifting...
By Ye Z., Damgaard J., Chen P., Zhu L., Zheng C., Bu W.
Syst. Entomol. 43: 19-30, 2017
Full title: Biogeography and diversification of Holarctic water stridres: Cenozoic temperature variation, habitat shifting and multiple intercontinental dispersals
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Gerridae (water striders) of Idaho (Hemiptera)
By Biggam, R.C. & Brusven, M.A.
The Great Basin Naturalist 49(2):259-274, 1989
Includes a key to all of Gerridae of Idaho - which includes the 7 Gerris species known from Montana. Abstract available at https://www.jstor.org/stable/41712511.

The water-striders of Ontario (Heteroptera: Gerridae)
By Cheng L., Fernando C.H.
Royal Ontario Museum Life Sciences Miscellaneous Publications, 23 pp., 1970