Nepomorpha

Nepa cinerea

Taxonavigation

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: Nepomorpha
Superfamiliae (7): Aphelocheiroidea – Corixoidea – Naucoroidea – Nepoidea – Notonectoidea – Ochteroidea – Pleoidea

Overview of familiae (12)

Aphelocheiridae – Belostomatidae – Corixidae – Gelastocoridae – Helotrephidae – Micronectidae – Naucoridae – Nepidae – Notonectidae – Ochteridae – Pleidae – Potamocoridae

Name

Nepomorpha Popov, 1968

Synonyms

• Cryptocerata Fieber, 1851
• Hydrocorisae Latreille, 1802

References

• Brożek, J. 2013. A comparison of external and internal maxilla and mandible morphology of water bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Nepomorpha). Zootaxa 3635(4): 340–378. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3635.4.2 Reference page. 
• Csabai, Z., Soós, N., Berchi, G.M., Cianferoni, F., Boda, P. & Móra, A. 2017. Aquatic and semiaquatic Heteroptera (Nepomorpha and Gerromorpha) fauna of Greek holiday islands (Rhodes, Crete and Corfu) with first records of three species from Europe and Greece. Zootaxa 4231(1): 51–69. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4231.1.3 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• 2011: Zootaxa, 2798: 48–60.
• Damgaard, J. & Moreira, F.F.F. 2021. Water bugs (Hemipera: Heteroptera: Nepomorpha & Gerromorpha) of Chile: phylogenetic and biogeographic considerations, and a catalog of the fauna. Pp 45–71 In Campos, L.A. & Schwertner, C.F., eds. The scent of life: Celebrating the career and life of Jocélia Grazia. Zootaxa 4958(1): 1–712. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4958.1.1 Reference page.  Zootaxa 4958(1): 45–71. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4958.1.6 Reference page. 
• Martin B.Hebsgaard, Nils M.Andersen & Jacob Darmgaard, 2004, Systematic Entomology 29(4): 488–508 [1]
• Linnavuori, R.E. 2009: Studies on the Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha, Leptopodomorpha, and Miridae excluding Phylini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of Khuzestan and the adjacent provinces of Iran. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 49: 1–32. Abstract
• Moreira, F.F.F. et al. 2011: Checklist and distribution of semiaquatic and aquatic Heteroptera (Gerromorpha and Nepomorpha) occurring in Brazil. Zootaxa, 2958: 1–74. Preview
• Moreira, F.F.F., Rodrigues, H.D.D., Barbosa, J.F., Klementová, B.R. & Svitok, M. 2016. New records of Gerromorpha and Nepomorpha (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from South America. Biodiversity Data Journal 4: e7975. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e7975. Reference page. 
• Nieser, N. & P. Chen, 1999: Sixteen new species of Nepomorpha (Heteroptera) mainly from Sulawesi (Indonesia). Tijdschrift voor Entomology 142(1): 77–123. Full article: [2].
• Riviaux, S.M.; Moreira, F.F.F.; Naranjo López, C. 2010: Checklist, distribution, and habitat of the semiaquatic and aquatic bugs from Cuba (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Dipsocoromorpha, Leptopodomorpha, Gerromorpha and Nepomorpha). Zootaxa 2562: 1–23. Preview
• Slimani, N., Moulet, P., Chen, P-P., Nieser, N., Pluot-Sigwalt, D., Boumaïza, M. & Guilbert, E. 2015. Checklist, distribution, and a new record of Nepomorphan water bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) in northern Tunisia. Zootaxa 3981(2): 151–176. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3981.2.1 Preview (PDF). Reference page. 

Additional references

• Cianferoni, F. 2019. Review of the aquatic Hemiptera from Cephalonia, with a checklist for the Ionian Islands, Greece (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha, Nepomorpha, Leptopodomorpha). Zootaxa 4576(1): 46–60. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4576.1.2 Reference page. 
• Shapovalov, M.I., Saprykin, M.A. & Prokin, A.A. 2018. Annotated catalog of the northwest Caucasian Nepomorpha and Gerromorpha (Heteroptera). Zootaxa 4379(1): 113–133. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4379.1.7 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: True water bugs
• suomi: Vesiluteet
• français: Punaise aquatique
• magyar: Vízipoloskák
• 日本語: タイコウチ下目

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