''Cercotmetus'' is a genus of water bugs in the subfamily

Ranatrinae Nepidae is a family of exclusively aquatic Heteropteran insects in the order Hemiptera. They are commonly called water scorpions for their superficial resemblance to scorpions, due to their raptorial forelegs and the presence of a long slender p ...

("water stick-insects"). The recorded distribution of this genus is from is from mainland Asia to New Guinea and northern Australia.

Description

''Cercotmetus'' species are similar to the related genus ''

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'', but have distinctly shorter respiratory siphons (posterior breathing tubes, which are ¼ or less of the body length) and the front

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is shorter than length of the

pronotum The prothorax is the foremost of the three segments in the thorax of an insect, and bears the first pair of legs. Its principal sclerites (exoskeletal plates) are the pronotum (dorsal), the prosternum (ventral), and the propleuron (lateral) on ea ...

Species

The

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Cercotmetus asiaticus ''Cercotmetus'' is a genus of water bugs in the subfamily Ranatrinae ("water stick-insects"). The recorded distribution of this genus is from is from mainland Asia to New Guinea and northern Australia. Description ''Cercotmetus'' species are ...

'' Amyot & Serville, 1843 - type species * ''

Cercotmetus brevipes ''Cercotmetus'' is a genus of water bugs in the subfamily Ranatrinae ("water stick-insects"). The recorded distribution of this genus is from is from mainland Asia to New Guinea and northern Australia. Description ''Cercotmetus'' species are s ...

'' Montandon, 1909 * ''

Cercotmetus compositus ''Cercotmetus'' is a genus of water bugs in the subfamily Ranatrinae ("water stick-insects"). The recorded distribution of this genus is from is from mainland Asia to New Guinea and northern Australia. Description ''Cercotmetus'' species are ...

'' Montandon, 1903 * ''

Cercotmetus dissidens ''Cercotmetus'' is a genus of water bugs in the subfamily Ranatrinae ("water stick-insects"). The recorded distribution of this genus is from is from mainland Asia to New Guinea and northern Australia. Description ''Cercotmetus'' species are ...

'' Montandon, 1911 * ''

Cercotmetus fumosus ''Cercotmetus'' is a genus of water bugs in the subfamily Ranatrinae ("water stick-insects"). The recorded distribution of this genus is from is from mainland Asia to New Guinea and northern Australia. Description ''Cercotmetus'' species are ...

'' Distant, 1904 * ''

Cercotmetus horni ''Cercotmetus'' is a genus of water bugs in the subfamily Ranatrinae ("water stick-insects"). The recorded distribution of this genus is from is from mainland Asia to New Guinea and northern Australia. Description ''Cercotmetus'' species are ...

'' Montandon, 1911 * ''

Cercotmetus minutus ''Cercotmetus'' is a genus of water bugs in the subfamily Ranatrinae ("water stick-insects"). The recorded distribution of this genus is from is from mainland Asia to New Guinea and northern Australia. Description ''Cercotmetus'' species are ...

'' Keffer & J.Polhemus, 1999 * ''

Cercotmetus pilipes ''Cercotmetus'' is a genus of water bugs in the subfamily Ranatrinae ("water stick-insects"). The recorded distribution of this genus is from is from mainland Asia to New Guinea and northern Australia. Description ''Cercotmetus'' species are ...

'' (Dallas, 1850) * ''

Cercotmetus robustus ''Cercotmetus'' is a genus of water bugs in the subfamily Ranatrinae ("water stick-insects"). The recorded distribution of this genus is from is from mainland Asia to New Guinea and northern Australia. Description ''Cercotmetus'' species are ...

'' Montandon, 1911 * ''

Cercotmetus strangulatus ''Cercotmetus'' is a genus of water bugs in the subfamily Ranatrinae ("water stick-insects"). The recorded distribution of this genus is from is from mainland Asia to New Guinea and northern Australia. Description ''Cercotmetus'' species are ...

'' Montandon, 1911

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* {{taxonbar, from=Q21230783 Nepidae Nepomorpha genera Hemiptera of Asia