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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) » Ochteroidea » Toad Bugs (Gelastocoridae) » Nerthra

Genus Nerthra

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Food · Remarks · Works Cited
Unknown - Nerthra fuscipes Unknown - Nerthra fuscipes Nertha - Nerthra fuscipes Nertha - Nerthra fuscipes Nertha - Nerthra fuscipes Nerthra martini - Nerthra Toad Bug ID request - Nerthra little brown bug - Nerthra
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 Ochteroidea
Family Gelastocoridae (Toad Bugs)
Genus Nerthra
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
genus described by Say (1832)
Numbers
6 spp. in our area(1)(2)
Range
se./sw. US (GA-FL; CA-AZ-NV)(3)(2):
N. stygica (GA, FL; Mesoamerica) -- the commonest one
N. rugosa (so. FL; Panama) -- rare
N. fuscipes (recently est. in FL; Mexico to Brazil; Puerto Rico)
N. martini + 2 rare spp. in the southwest
Habitat
usually found under boards/stones or in litter, often far from water(2)
Food
tiny arthropods
Remarks
very secretive bugs that rarely move unless disturbed(2)
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
2.Identification manual for the aquatic and semi-aquatic Heteroptera of Florida
Epler J.H. 2006. FL Dept. Env. Prot., Tallahassee, FL. 186 pp.
3.How to Know the True Bugs
Slater, James A., and Baranowski, Richard M. 1978. Wm. C. Brown Company.
Contributed by Stephen_WV on 29 May, 2006 - 7:53am
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, v belov
Last updated 20 August, 2019 - 11:03am

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