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Gerridae

Dataset
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<i>Cat. Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi Anacanthini Br. Mus.</i>, <b>4</b>: 252
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Hemiptera
family
Gerridae

Name

Synonyms
Gerris parabdominalis Theobald, 1937
Gerris protobates Cockerell, 1927
Hydrobatida
Metrobates aeternalis Scudder, 1890
Metrobates eternalis Scudder, 1890
Homonyms
Gerridae
Common names
Pond Skaters in English
Pond Skaters in English
Skøjteløbere  in Danish
Water Strider in English
Water Strider in English
Water Striders in English
Water Striders in English
pond skaters in English
pond skaters in English
water strider in English
water striders in language.
water striders in English
water striders in English
skräddare in Swedish
čahcemihtideaddjit in Northern Sami
Pondskater in English
Pondskater in English
Pondskater in English
Pondskaters in English
Pondskaters in English
Pondskaters in English
pondskaters in English
skräddare in Swedish
vannløpere in Norwegian Bokmål
vassløparar in Nynorsk, Norwegian
アメンボ科 in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  2. Brands, S.J. (ed.) (2014-06-23 22:00:00) The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands.
  3. Gärdenfors, Hall, Hallingbäck, Hansson, G. & Hedström (2011-02-08 23:00:00) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj.
  4. Henry, Thomas J. / Foottit, Robert G., and Peter H. Adler, eds., 2009: Chapter 10. Biodiversity of Heteroptera. Insect Biodiversity: Science and Society. 223-263.
  5. Henry, Thomas J., and Richard C. Froeschner, eds., 1988: null. Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States. xix + 958.
  6. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
  7. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 962 Gerridae in Pisces and Hemiptera: removal of homonymy in family-group names.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 28(1/2), 41-43 (1971)
  8. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 962 Gerridae in Pisces and Hemiptera: removal of homonymy in family-group names.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 28(1/2), 41-43 (1971)
  9. Jansson, A. (1996)
  10. McGavin, George C., 1993: null. Bugs of the World. 192.
  11. Nieser, N. (1982)
  12. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  13. Savage, A.A. (1989)
  14. Tempelman, D. et Van Haaren, T (2009)
  15. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
  16. Zettel, Herbert, 2014: Annotated catalogue of the semi-aquatic bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha) of Luzon Island, the Philippines, with descriptions of new species. Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichischer Entomologen, vol. 66. 85-140.
  17. some verified marine genera (AJR, Nov 2010)
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