Overview
Taxonomy
The Infraorder gerromorpha is a member of the Suborder Heteroptera. Here is the complete "parentage" of Gerromorpha:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa
Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
- Superphylum: Panarthropoda
Cuvier
- Phylum: Arthropoda
Latreille, 1829
- Subphylum: Mandibulata
snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum: Atelocerata
Heymons, 1901
- Superclass: Panhexapoda
- Class: Insecta
c. linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass: Dicondylia
- Infraclass: Pterygota
- Winged Insects
- Superorder: Condylognatha
- Order: Hemiptera
c. linnaeus, 1758 - True Bugs
- Suborder: Heteroptera
- Bugs
- Infraorder: Gerromorpha - Semiaquatic Bugs, Shore-inhabiting Bugs
- Suborder: Heteroptera
- Bugs
- Order: Hemiptera
c. linnaeus, 1758 - True Bugs
- Superorder: Condylognatha
- Infraclass: Pterygota
- Winged Insects
- Subclass: Dicondylia
- Class: Insecta
c. linnaeus, 1758
- Superclass: Panhexapoda
- Infraphylum: Atelocerata
Heymons, 1901
- Subphylum: Mandibulata
snodgrass, 1938
- Phylum: Arthropoda
Latreille, 1829
- Superphylum: Panarthropoda
Cuvier
- Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa
Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Infraorder gerromorpha is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Family (9): Gerridae · Hebridae · Hermatobatidae · Hydrometridae · Macroveliidae · Madeoveliidae · Mesoveliidae · Paraphrynoveliidae · Veliidae
Families
Gerridae
The family Gerridae contains insects commonly known as water striders, water bugs, magic bugs, pond skaters, skaters, skimmers, water scooters, water skaters, water skeeters, water skimmers or water skippers. These are predatory insects which rely on surface tension to walk on top of water. They live on the surface of ponds, slow streams, marshes, and other quiet waters. They can move very quickly, up to 1.5 m/s. [more]
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 have an appearance of tiny veliids. Hebrids sometimes move across water surfaces, but walk or run rather than skate or scull on the surface. [more]
Hermatobatidae
Hydrometridae
Hydrometridae is a family of semi-aquatic 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. [more]
Macroveliidae
Madeoveliidae
Mesoveliidae
Paraphrynoveliidae
Veliidae
Veliidae is a family of predatory insects in the suborder Heteroptera. They are commonly known as smaller water striders, riffle bugs, or broad-shouldered water striders due to the fact that the segment immediately behind the head is wider than the rest of the abdomen. They are small, typically about 4.5 mm. [more]
At least 49 species and subspecies belong to the Family Veliidae.
More info about the Family Veliidae may be found here.
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