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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) » Gerroidea » Smaller Water Striders (Veliidae) » Microvelia » subgenus Kirkaldya (Microvelia subgenus Kirkaldya)

subgenus Kirkaldya

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Works Cited
unknow - Microvelia Skater eating - Microvelia americana Microvelia americana 9032950 veliid - Microvelia americana Microvelia Water Strider? - Microvelia Smaller Water Strider ~3mm - Microvelia Microvelia? - Microvelia - female
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 Gerroidea
Family Veliidae (Smaller Water Striders)
Genus Microvelia
No Taxon subgenus Kirkaldya
Explanation of Names
Kirkaldya Torre-Bueno, 1910
Numbers
7 species in the US, 1 of which occurs southeastern Canada
Identification
Only males are identifiable; see (1)
Works Cited
1.The Veliidae (Heteroptera) of America north of Mexico
Smith, Cecil L. and John T. Polhemus. 1978. Proceedings of The Entomological Society of Washington 80(1): 56-68.
Contributed by v belov on 20 March, 2013 - 10:46am
Additional contributions by mpintar
Last updated 6 January, 2025 - 5:50pm

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