This is a list of aquatic
heteroptera
The Heteroptera are a group of about 40,000 species of insects in the order Hemiptera. They are sometimes called "true bugs", though that name more commonly refers to the Hemiptera as a whole. "Typical bugs" might be used as a more unequivocal al ...
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Family Nepidae
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Nepa cinerea
''Nepa cinerea'' is a species of water scorpion (Nepidae), found in most of Europe, including the British Isles, as well as North Africa and southern and northern Asia.
Habitat and Biology
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Ranatra linearis
''Ranatra linearis'' is a species of aquatic bug in the Nepidae family. It is native to Eurasia and North Africa, and primarily found near aquatic plants in ponds, marshes and other freshwater habitats, but has exceptionally been recorded from h ...
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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 ' ...
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Micronecta scholtzi
''Micronecta scholtzi'', the lesser water boatman, is a species of pygmy water boatman in the family Micronectidae. It was first described by Franz Xaver Fieber in 1860. They are some 2 mm long and are common in freshwater ponds and lakes ...
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Micronecta griseola''
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Micronecta minutissima''
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Micronecta poweri
''Micronecta poweri'' is a species of pygmy water boatmen in the family Micronectidae
Micronectidae is a family of water boatmen often referred to as pygmy water boatmen. They were originally classified as a subfamily under Corixidae but were r ...
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Cymatia bonsdorffii''
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Cymatia coleoptrata''
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Glaencorisa propinqua''
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Arctocorisa carinata
''Arctocorisa carinata'' is a species of water boatman in the family Corixidae in the order Hemiptera
Hemiptera (; ) is an order (biology), order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising over 80,000 species within groups such as the ...
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Arctocorisa germari''
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Callicorixa praeusta
''Callicorixa praeusta'' is a species of Corixidae or water boatman, in the order Hemiptera
Hemiptera (; ) is an order (biology), order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising over 80,000 species within groups such as the cicadas, a ...
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Callicorixa wollastoni
''Callicorixa wollastoni'' is a species of water boatman in the family Corixidae in the order Hemiptera
Hemiptera (; ) is an order (biology), order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising over 80,000 species within groups such as t ...
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Corixa affinis
''Corixa affinis'' is a species of water boatman in the family Corixidae in the order Hemiptera
Hemiptera (; ) is an order (biology), order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising over 80,000 species within groups such as the cicad ...
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Corixa dentipes
''Corixa dentipes'' is a species of water boatman in the family Corixidae in the order Hemiptera
Hemiptera (; ) is an order (biology), order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising over 80,000 species within groups such as the cica ...
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Corixa iberica
''Corixa iberica'' is a species of water boatman in the family Corixidae in the order Hemiptera
Hemiptera (; ) is an order (biology), order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising over 80,000 species within groups such as the cicad ...
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Corixa panzeri
''Corixa panzeri'' is a species of water boatman in the family Corixidae in the order Hemiptera
Hemiptera (; ) is an order (biology), order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising over 80,000 species within groups such as the cicad ...
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Corixa punctata
The lesser waterboatman or lesser water boatman (''Corixa punctata'') is a water-dwelling insect of the order Hemiptera.
Adults normally range in size from 5 to 15 mm long, and are found in ponds, lakes and sometimes even swimming pools. T ...
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Hesperocorixa castanea
''Hesperocorixa castanea'' is a species of water boatman in the family Corixidae in the order Hemiptera
Hemiptera (; ) is an order (biology), order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising over 80,000 species within groups such as t ...
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Hesperocorixa sahlbergi
''Hesperocorixa sahlbergi'' is a species of water boatman in the family Corixidae in the order Hemiptera
Hemiptera (; ) is an order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising over 80,000 species within groups such as the cicadas, ap ...
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Sigara stagnalis''
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Sigara venusta''
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Sigara dorsalis
''Sigara dorsalis'' is a species of water boatman in the family Corixidae in the order Hemiptera
Hemiptera (; ) is an order (biology), order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising over 80,000 species within groups such as the cica ...
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Sigara striata
''Sigara striata'' is a species of water boatman in the family Corixidae in the order Hemiptera
Hemiptera (; ) is an order (biology), order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising over 80,000 species within groups such as the cicad ...
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Sigara distincta
''Sigara distincta'' is a species of water boatman in the family Corixidae in the order Hemiptera
Hemiptera (; ) is an order (biology), order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising over 80,000 species within groups such as the cic ...
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Sigara falleni''
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Sigara fallenoidea''
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Sigara fossarum''
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Sigara scotti''
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Sigara lateralis''
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 ...
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Ilyocoris cimicoides
''Ilyocoris'' is a genus of true bugs belonging to 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 wate ...
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Naucoris maculatus''
Family
Aphelocheiridae
''Aphelocheirus'' is a genus of true bug
Hemiptera (; ) is an order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising over 80,000 species within groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, assassin bugs, bed bugs, and shiel ...
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Aphelocheirus aestivalis
''Aphelocheirus aestivalis'' is a Palearctic species of true bug. It is aquatic and wingless, covered in microscopic hairs that form a physical gill when underwater.
References
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Family Notonectidae
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Notonecta glauca
''Notonecta glauca'' (common backswimmer) is a species of aquatic insect, and a type of backswimmer. This species is found in large parts of Europe, North Africa, and east through Asia to Siberia and China. In much of its range it is the most com ...
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Notonecta maculata
''Notonecta maculata'' is a backswimmer of the family Notonectidae, found in Europe, including the United Kingdom.
Morphology
''Notonecta maculata'' are small, light brown insects of the order Hemiptera. These animals have a number of dark mar ...
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Notonecta obliqua
''Notonecta'', or the common backswimmer, is a genus of backswimmer insects in the family Notonectidae. Species in this genus include:
*'' Notonecta borealis''
*''Notonecta glauca''
*'' Notonecta hoffmanni''
*''Notonecta indica''
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Notonecta viridis
''Notonecta'', or the common backswimmer, is a genus of backswimmer insects in the family Notonectidae. Species in this genus include:
*'' Notonecta borealis''
*''Notonecta glauca''
*'' Notonecta hoffmanni''
*''Notonecta indica''
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Family
Pleidae
Pleidae, the pygmy backswimmers, is a family of aquatic insects in the order Hemiptera (infraorder Nepomorpha, or "true water bugs"). There are 37 species in three genera, distributed across most of the world, except the polar regions and r ...
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Plea minutissima''
Family Mesoveliidae
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Mesovelia furcata''
Family
Hebridae
Velvet water bugs are members of the family Hebridae. They are semiaquatic insects that live among moss or ponds with an abundance of vegetation, in which they prey on small arthropods. Velvet water bugs are the smallest of the Gerromorpha, and h ...
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Hebrus pusillus''
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Hebrus ruficeps''
Family
Hydrometridae
Hydrometridae is a family of semiaquatic insects, known as ''marsh treaders'' or ''water measurers''. They have a characteristic elongated head and body which makes them resemble a yardstick for measuring the water surface.
Appearance
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Hydrometra gracilenta''
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Hydrometra stagnorum
''Hydrometra stagnorum'', the common water-measurer, is a species of aquatic bugs in the family Hydrometridae, the ''water measurers''.
Distribution
This species is found in numerous European countries, including Hungary and Austria. In Great ...
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Family Veliidae
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Microvelia buenoi''
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Microvelia pygmaea''
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Microvelia reticulata''
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Velia caprai
''Velia caprai'', known as the water cricket, is a species of aquatic bug found in Europe. It grows to a length of and is stouter than pond skaters of the family Gerridae. It is distasteful to predatory fish, engages in kleptoparasitism, and ...
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Velia saulii''
Family Gerridae
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Aquarius najas
''Aquarius najas'', also known as the river skater, is a European species of water strider. It was formerly known as ''Gerris najas'', but the subgenus ''Aquarius'' was elevated to generic rank in 1990 on the basis of phylogenetic analysis.
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Aquarius paludum
Aquarius may refer to:
Astrology
* Aquarius (astrology), an astrological sign
* Age of Aquarius, a time period in the cycle of astrological ages
Astronomy
* Aquarius (constellation)
* Aquarius in Chinese astronomy
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Gerris argentatus''
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Gerris costae''
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Gerris gibbifer
''Gerris'' is a bug genus in the family Gerridae (water striders).
Species
The genus ''Gerris'' contains 43 species in 3 subgenera: Subgenus ''Gerris''
Subgenus ''Gerriselloides''
* '' Gerris asper'' (Fieber, 1860)
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Gerris lacustris
''Gerris lacustris'', commonly known as the common pond skater or common water strider, is a species of water strider, found across Europe.
Description
Water striders vary in length ranging between and in size. Their body shape is very slender ...
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Gerris odontogaster''
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Gerris thoracicus''
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Gerris lateralis''
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Limnoporus rufoscutellatus''
See also
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Heteroptera
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British Isles
The British Isles are a group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-western coast of continental Europe, consisting of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Inner and Outer Hebrides, the Northern Isles, ...
References
* Brooke, Sheila (2004) A checklist of British water bugs (Hemiptera-Heteroptera) ''
Het News (Newsletter of the Heteroptera Recording Schemes)
Het or HET may refer to:
Science and technology
* Hall-effect thruster, a type of ion thruster used for spacecraft propulsion
* Heavy Equipment Transporter, a vehicle in the US Army's Heavy Equipment Transport System
* Hobby–Eberly Telescope, a ...
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{{Fauna of Great Britain
Aquatic Heteroptera, Britain
Heteropteran
The Heteroptera are a group of about 40,000 species of insects in the order Hemiptera. They are sometimes called "true bugs", though that name more commonly refers to the Hemiptera as a whole. "Typical bugs" might be used as a more unequivocal al ...