Gerridae

Gerris remigis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gerroidea
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Cladus: Pterygota Cladus: Metapterygota Cladus: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Paraneoptera Superordo: Condylognatha Ordo: Hemiptera Subordo: Heteroptera Infraordo: Gerromorpha Superfamilia: Gerroidea

Familia: Gerridae
Subfamiliae: Charmatometrinae - Cylindrostethinae - Eotrechinae - Gerrinae - Halobatinae - Ptilomerinae - Rhagadotarsinae - Trepobatinae

Overview of genera

Potamobates – Rheumatobates ...

Name

Gerridae Leach, 1851

References

• Andersen, N.M. 1982: The semiaquatic bugs (Hemiptera, Gerromorpha): phylogeny, adaptations, biogeography, and classification. Entomonograph, (3) ISBN 87-87491-05-2 reference page 
• Boer, den M.H. 1965: Revisionary notes on the genus Metrocoris Mayr (Heteroptera, Gerridae), with descriptions of four new species. Zoologische Verhandelingen 74 (1): 1-38. Full article: [1].
• Chen, P.P. 1995: A new species of Metrocoris Mayr from Yunnan, China (Insecta: Heteroptera: Gerridae). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 97B: 155-158. Full article: [2].
• Chen, P.P. 1994: AN OVERVIEW OF CHINESE METROCORIS MAYR.WITH DESCRIPTION OF THREE NEW SPECIES (HEMIPTERA: GERRIDAE). Insect Science 1 (2): 124-134. DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.1994.tb00202.x. Abstract: [3].
• Chen, P.P. & N.M. Andersen 1993: A checklist of Gerromorpha from China (Hemiptera). Chinese Journal of Entomology 13: 69-75. Full article: [4].
• Polhemus, D.A. 1990: A revision of the genus Metrocoris Mayr (Heteroptera: Gerridae) in the Malay Archipelago and the Philippines. Insect Systematics & Evolution 21 (1): 1-28. Abstract: [5].
• Schuh, R.T.; Slater, J.A. 1995: True Bugs of the World (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Classification and Natural History. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York, 336 pp.
• Tran, A.D.; Polhemus, J.T. 2009: Two new species of the genus Amemboides Polhemus & Andersen, 1984, stat. nov. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha: Gerridae) from Vietnam. Zootaxa, 2216: 49-56. Abstract & excerpt

Vernacular names

Diné bizaad: Táłkááʼ dilwoʼí
English: Water striders
日本語: アメンボ
slovenščina: Vodni drsalci

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