Gerris
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| A pair of common water striders (Gerris lacustris) copulating | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Infraorder: | Gerromorpha |
| Family: | Gerridae |
| Tribe: | Gerrini |
| Genus: | Gerris Fabricius, 1794 |
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Gerris is a bug genus in the family Gerridae (water striders).[1][2]
Species
- Gerris alacris Hussey, 1921
- Gerris argentatus Schummel, 1832
- Gerris argenticollis Parshley, 1916
- Gerris asper (Fieber, 1860)
- Gerris brasili Poisson, 1941
- Gerris buenoi Kirkaldy, 1911
- Gerris comatus Drake and Hottes, 1925 +
- Gerris costae (Herrich-Schäffer, 1850)
- Gerris gibbifer Schummel, 1832
- Gerris gillettei Lethierry and Severin, 1896
- Gerris incognitus Drake and Hottes, 1925
- Gerris incurvatus Drake and Hottes, 1925
- Gerris insperatus Drake and Hottes, 1925
- Gerris lacustris (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Gerris maculatus Tamanini, 1946
- Gerris marginatus Say, 1832
- Gerris odontogaster (Zetterstedt, 1828)
- Gerris pingreensis Drake and Hottes, 1925
- Gerris sphagnetorum Gaunitz, 1947
- Gerris thoracicus Schummel, 1832
Former species
- Gerris ampla reclassified as Aquarius amplus (Drake and Harris, 1938)
- Gerris apicalis Curtis, 1835 junior synonym for Gerris argentatus Schummel, 1832
- Gerris canaliculatus reclassified as Limnoporus canaliculatus (Say, 1832)
- Gerris conformis reclassified as Aquarius conformis (Uhler, 1878)
- Gerris dissortis reclassified as Limnotrechus dissortis (Drake and Harris, 1930)
- Gerris mantis reclassified as Emesa mantis (Fabricius, 1794)
- Gerris gracilicornis reclassified as Limnotrechus gracilicornis (Horvath, 1879)
- Gerris najas reclassified as Aquarius najas (De Geer, 1773)
- Gerris nebularis reclassified as Aquarius nebularis (Drake and Hottes, 1925)
- Gerris nyctalis reclassified as Aquarius nyctalis (Drake and Hottes, 1925)
- Gerris remigis reclassified as Aquarius remigis (Say, 1832)
- Gerris rufoscutellatus reclassified as Limnoporus rufoscutellatus (Latreille, 1807)
References
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