''Notonecta'', or the common backswimmer, is a genus of

backswimmer Notonectidae is a cosmopolitan family of aquatic insects in the order Hemiptera, commonly called backswimmers because they swim "upside down" (inverted). They are all predators and typically range from in length. They are similar in appearance t ...

insects in the family

Notonectidae Notonectidae is a cosmopolitan family of aquatic insects in the order Hemiptera, commonly called backswimmers because they swim "upside down" (inverted). They are all predators and typically range from in length. They are similar in appearance t ...

. Species in this genus include: *'' Notonecta borealis'' *''

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 ...

'' *'' Notonecta hoffmanni'' *'' Notonecta indica'' *'' Notonecta insulata'' *'' Notonecta irrorata'' *'' Notonecta kirbyi'' *'' Notonecta lobata'' *'' Notonecta lunata'' *''

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 ...

'' *'' Notonecta marmorea'' *'' Notonecta meridionalis'' *'' Notonecta montezuma'' *'' Notonecta obliqua'' *'' Notonecta ochrothoe'' *'' Notonecta pallidula'' *'' Notonecta petrunkevitchi'' *'' Notonecta raleighi'' *'' Notonecta repanda'' *'' Notonecta shooteri'' *'' Notonecta spinosa'' *'' Notonecta uhleri'' *'' Notonecta undulata'' *'' Notonecta unifasciata'' *'' Notonecta viridis''

References

Nepomorpha genera Notonectidae {{Nepomorpha-stub