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subgenus Paranecta

Backswimmer - Notonecta undulata Notonecta - think kirbyi? - Notonecta kirbyi Notonecta uhleri Notonecta undulata - Notonecta Water Bug nymph? - Notonecta Notonectid water bug - Notonecta kirbyi Notonecta kirbyi? - Notonecta kirbyi Water Bug 2 - Notonecta
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 Notonectoidea
Family Notonectidae (Backswimmers)
Genus Notonecta
No Taxon subgenus Paranecta
Explanation of Names
Paranecta Hutchinson 1929
Numbers
11 spp. in our area