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Subfamily Trepobatinae

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A revision of the genus Trepobates Uhler (Hemiptera: Gerridae)

By Kittle, Paul D.
University of Arkansas, 1977

Kittle, Paul D. 1977. A revision of the genus Trepobates Uhler (Hemiptera: Gerridae). PhD dissertation, University of Arkansas. xii + 255 pp.

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Contributed by Matthew Pintar on 19 February, 2021 - 2:48pm

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.

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Contributed by Shane Sater on 23 February, 2022 - 9:36pm

The water-striders of Ontario (Heteroptera: Gerridae)

By Cheng L., Fernando C.H.
Royal Ontario Museum Life Sciences Miscellaneous Publications, 23 pp., 1970

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Contributed by Claude Pilon on 1 January, 2015 - 1:04pm

The Gerridae or water striders of Oregon and Washington (Hemiptera: Heteroptera)

By Stonedahl G.M., Lattin J.D.
Oregon State U., Tech. Bull. 144, 36 pp., 1982

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Contributed by v belov on 4 May, 2011 - 11:54am

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)

Hemiptera mexicana.

By Stål, C.
Entomologische Zeitung, 23: 289-325., 1862

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Stål, C. (1862). Hemiptera mexicana. Entomologische Zeitung, 23: 289-325.

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 28 August, 2025 - 12:04pm

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