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Family Hebridae - Velvet Water Bugs

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Semiaquatic Bugs (Gerromorpha) » Hebroidea » Velvet Water Bugs (Hebridae) » Merragata » Merragata hebroides

The Semiaquatic and Aquatic Hemiptera of California

By A. S. Menke (Editor)
University of California Press, 1979

PDF available here:
https://essig.berkeley.edu/documents/cis/cis21.pdf

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Contributed by Jeffrey A Back on 24 September, 2019 - 11:05am

Survey of the North American species of Merragata

By C. J. Drake
The Ohio Journal of Science, 1917

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https://kb.osu.edu/bitstream/handle/1811/1935/V17N04_101.pdf?sequence=1

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Contributed by Jeffrey A Back on 24 September, 2019 - 10:55am

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

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The aquatic and semi-aquatic Hemiptera of Virginia

By Bobb M.L.
Insects of Virginia 7, iv+195 pp., 1974

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Contributed by v belov on 5 September, 2021 - 6:08pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera)

Hemiptera from southwestern Texas.

By Barber, H.G.
Science Bulletin of the Museum of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, 1(9): 255-289., 1906

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Barber, H.G. 1906. Hemiptera from southwestern Texas. Science Bulletin of the Museum of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, 1(9): 255-289. (Full Text)

During two successive summers (1903-1904) Mr. Carl Schaeffer of the Brooklyn Museum has collected insects for the Museum in the vicinity of Brownsville, Texas. The Hemiptera were placed in my hands to report upon and this paper is a result of my study of the Heteroptera.

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 24 May, 2018 - 9:45am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera)

True Bugs (Heteroptera) of the Yukon

By G.G.E. Scudder
Biological Survey of Canada, 1997

In H.V. Danks and J.A. Downes (Eds.), Insects of the Yukon. pp. 241 – 336. Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods), Ottawa. 1034 pp.

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Contributed by Robin McLeod on 2 May, 2018 - 12:36am

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