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Family Hebridae - Velvet Water Bugs


Survey of the North American species of Merragata
By C. J. Drake
The Ohio Journal of Science, 1917
Full Text here:
https://kb.osu.edu/bitstream/handle/1811/1935/V17N04_101.pdf?sequence=1

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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Cladistics, historical biogeography and a check list of gerrine water striders (Gerridae) of the World
By N.M. Andersen
Steenstrupia 21: 93–123, 1995

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.

Notes on synonymy and nomenclature of Palaeartic Heteroptera
By I.M. Kerzhner
Zoosystematica Rossica, 1993
Established synonymies in Nabidae, Miridae, Piesmatidae, Lygaeidae, Acanthosomatidae, Pentatomidae, Scutelleridae, Lygaeidae.

A synopsis of the Hemiptera-Heteroptera of America north of Mexico
By Torre-Bueno J.R. de la
Ent. amer. 19: 141‒304 & 21: 41‒122, 1939
Full text (parts of v.19‒20 & v.21‒22)

True Bugs (Heteroptera) of the Neotropics
By Panizzi A.R., Grazia J., eds.
Springer. xxii+901 pp., 2015

True bugs of the world (Hemiptera, Heteroptera): classification and natural history
By Schuh R.T., Weirauch C.
Siri Scientific Press, Manchester. 800 pp., 2020