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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) » Hebroidea » Macroveliid Shore Bugs (Macroveliidae)

Family Macroveliidae - Macroveliid Shore Bugs

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Oravelia pege - female Oravelia pege - female Oravelia pege, Fresno Co - Oravelia pege Oravelia pege, Fresno Co - Oravelia pege Roseville-J.2024.02 - Macrovelia hornii bug rinsed off thalli of Conocephalum conicum - Macrovelia hornii bug rinsed off thalli of Conocephalum conicum - Macrovelia hornii bug rinsed off thalli of Conocephalum conicum - Macrovelia hornii

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 Gerromorpha (Semiaquatic Bugs)
Superfamily Hebroidea
Family Macroveliidae (Macroveliid Shore Bugs)

Explanation of Names

Macroveliidae McKinstry 1942

Numbers

2 spp. in 2 genera in our area, 3 spp. in 3 genera worldwide(1)

Range

New World(1); in our area, w. US: Macrovelia hornii OR-SD, Oravelia pege Fresno Co., CA(2); the only other family member lives in Chile

Habitat

on surface vegetation(1)

Food

prey or scavenge on arthropods(1)

Works Cited

1.Biodiversity of the Heteroptera
Henry T.J. 2009. In: Foottit R.G., Adler P.H., eds. Insect biodiversity: Science and society. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell: 223−263.
2.Aquatic Insects of North America
R. W. Merritt, K. W. Cummins, M.B. Berg. 2008. Kendall/Hunt.
Contributed by Brady Richards on 15 September, 2012 - 11:08pm
Additional contributions by v belov, mpintar
Last updated 1 August, 2023 - 5:26pm

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