Corixinae is a subfamily of aquatic bugs in the family
Corixidae
Corixidae is a family of aquatic insects in the order Hemiptera. They are found worldwide in virtually any freshwater habitat and a few species live in saline water. There are about 500 known species worldwide, in 55 genera, including the genus ' ...
. There are at least 130 described species in Corixinae.
Genera
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Arctocorisa
''Arctocorisa'' is a genus of true bugs belonging to the family Corixidae.
The species of this genus are found in Europe and Northern America.
Species:
* ''Arctocorisa carinata'' (Sahlberg, 1819)
* ''Arctocorisa chanceae
''Arctocorisa'' is ...
Wallengren, 1894
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Callicorixa
''Callicorixa'' is a genus of water boatmen in the family Corixidae
Corixidae is a family of aquatic insects in the order Hemiptera. They are found worldwide in virtually any freshwater habitat and a few species live in saline water. There are ...
White, 1873
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Cenocorixa
''Cenocorixa'' is a genus of water boatmen in the family Corixidae
Corixidae is a family of aquatic insects in the order Hemiptera. They are found worldwide in virtually any freshwater habitat and a few species live in saline water. There are ...
Hungerford, 1948
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Centrocorisa Lundblad, 1928
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Corisella
''Corisella'' is a genus of water boatmen in the family Corixidae
Corixidae is a family of aquatic insects in the order Hemiptera. They are found worldwide in virtually any freshwater habitat and a few species live in saline water. There are ab ...
Lundblad, 1928
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Corixa
''Corixa'' is a genus of aquatic bugs in the family Corixidae. The fossil species ''C. elegans'' is from the Rott Formation
The Rott Formation is a geologic formation in Germany. It preserves fossils dating back to the Oligocene.
See also
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Geoffroy, 1762
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Dasycorixa Hungerford, 1948
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Glaenocorisa Thomson, 1869
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Graptocorixa Hungerford, 1930
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Hesperocorixa
''Hesperocorixa'' is a genus of water boatmen in the family Corixidae. There are more than 20 described species in ''Hesperocorixa''.
Species
These 29 species belong to the genus ''Hesperocorixa'':
* '' Hesperocorixa algirica'' (Puton, 1890)
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Kirkaldy, 1908
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Morphocorixa Jaczewski, 1931
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Neocorixa Hungerford, 1925
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Palmacorixa Abbott, 1912
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Palmocorixa
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Pseudocorixa Jaczewski, 1931
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Ramphocorixa
''Ramphocorixa'' is a genus of water boatmen in the family Corixidae
Corixidae is a family of aquatic insects in the order Hemiptera. They are found worldwide in virtually any freshwater habitat and a few species live in saline water. There ar ...
Abbott, 1912
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Sigara
''Sigara'' is a genus of water boatmen in the family Corixidae. Some species within this genus are halophiles; for example, occurrences of the genus have been noted in the hypersaline Makgadikgadi Pans in Botswana.C. Michael Hogan (2008''Makgadi ...
Fabricius, 1775
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Trichocorixa
''Trichocorixa'' is a genus of water boatmen in the family Corixidae
Corixidae is a family of aquatic insects in the order Hemiptera. They are found worldwide in virtually any freshwater habitat and a few species live in saline water. There ar ...
Kirkaldy, 1908
References
* Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner. (1988). ''Catalog of the Heteroptera, True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States''. Brill Academic Publishers.
Further reading
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External links
NCBI Taxonomy Browser, Corixinae
Corixidae
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