Gerridae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gerroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Paraneoptera Superordo: Condylognatha Ordo: Hemiptera Subordo: Heteroptera Infraordo: Gerromorpha Superfamilia: Gerroidea

Familia: Gerridae
Subfamiliae: Charmatometrinae – Cylindrostethinae – Eotrechinae – Gerrinae – Halobatinae – Ptilomerinae – Rhagodotarsinae – Trepobatinae

Overview of genera

Amemboides – Aquarius – Brachymetra – Chimarrhometra – Cylindrostethus – †Electrogerris – Eurymetra – Gerris – Gigantometra – Limnogonus – Limnometra – Limnoporus – Metrobates – Neogerris – †Palaeogerris – Potamobates – Rheumatobates – †Succineogerris – Tachygerris – Telmatometropsis – †Telmatrechus – Tenagogerris – Tenagogonus – Tenagometra – Tenagometrella

Name

Gerridae Leach, 1851

References

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Andersen, N.M. (1998). Water striders from the Paleogene of Denmark and review of fossil record and evolution of semi aquatic bugs (Hemiptera Gerromorpha). Biologiske Skrifter. Vol. 50. The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters. pp. 1–157. ISBN 8773042951. Reference page.
Berchi, G.M., Cianferoni, F., Csabai, Z., Damgaard, J., Olosutean, H., Ilie, D.M., Boda, P. & Kment, P. 2018. Water striders (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha: Gerridae) of Romania with an update on the distribution of Gerris gibbifer and G. maculatus in southeastern Europe. Zootaxa 4433(3): 491–519. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4433.3.6 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].
Castro-Vargas, M.I., Morales, I. & Molano-Rendon, F. 2018. A new species of Metrobates Uhler, 1871 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerridae) from Colombia. Zootaxa 4379(4): 567–575. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4379.4.8. Reference page.
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].
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Pacheco-Chaves, B., Cordeiro, I.D.R.S., Moreira, F.F.F. & Springer, M. 2018. The water striders (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerridae) of Costa Rica: new species, checklist, and new records. Zootaxa 4471(3): 493–522. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4471.3.4 Reference page.
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
Ye, Z., Zhou, Y-Y. & Bu, W-J. 2016. Description of a new species of Chimarrhometra Bianchi, 1896 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerridae) from China. Zootaxa 4175(2): 180–188. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4175.2.5. Reference page.
Ye, Z., Polhemus, D.A. & Bu, W-J. 2017. Review of the genus Amemboides Polhemus & Andersen, 1984 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerridae) from China, with description of a new species. Zootaxa 4286(3): 401–410. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4286.3.7. Reference page.
Zettel, H. 2020. New water strider species of Eurymetra from Madagascar (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerridae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 60(1): 15-22. DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2020.002. . Reference page.

Vernacular names

dansk: Skøjteløbere, vandløbere
English: Water striders
日本語: アメンボ科
Diné bizaad: Táłkááʼ dilwoʼí
português: Alfaiates
slovenščina: Vodni drsalci