''Ambrysus mormon'', the creeping water bug, is a species of

creeping water bug Naucoridae is a small family of insects commonly known as the creeping water bugs and saucer bugs. They are similar in appearance and behavior to Belostomatidae (giant water bugs), but considerably smaller, at long. Naucoridae are found around the ...

in the family

Naucoridae Naucoridae is a small family of insects commonly known as the creeping water bugs and saucer bugs. They are similar in appearance and behavior to Belostomatidae (giant water bugs), but considerably smaller, at long. Naucoridae are found around the ...

. It is found in the western United States and northwestern Mexico.

Subspecies

There were formerly three subspecies of ''Ambrysus mormon'' but they were synonymized by Reynoso-Velasco and Sites: * ''Ambrysus mormon heidemanni'' Montandon, 1910 * ''Ambrysus mormon minor'' La Rivers, 1963 * ''Ambrysus mormon mormon'' Montandon, 1909

References

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