Nepomorpha

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Aquatic bugs, toad bugs, allies
Nepa cinerea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Infraorder: Nepomorpha
Families

Aphelocheiridae
Belostomatidae - giant water bugs
Corixidae - water boatmen
Gelastocoridae - toad bugs
Helotrephidae
Naucoridae - creeping water bugs
Nepidae - waterscorpions
Notonectidae- backswimmers
Ochteridae - velvet shore bugs
Pleidae - pygmy backswimmers
Potamocoridae
Wikispecies has information related to:

Nepomorpha is an infraorder of insects in the order Hemiptera. Most of the species within this infraorder live in water, the exceptions being the families Gelastocoridae and Ochteridae, both of which are found along the water's edge.

This article related to members of the insect order Hemiptera ("true bugs") is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.