Notonecta

Notonecta
Temporal range: Aptian–Present
Notonecta maculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Superfamily: Notonectoidea
Family: Notonectidae
Genus: Notonecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Subgenera
  • Notonecta (Bichromonecta) Hungerford, 1933
  • Notonecta (Enitharonecta) Hungerford, 1928
  • Notonecta (Erythronecta) Hungerford, 1933
  • Notonecta (Notonecta) Linnaeus, 1758
  • Notonecta (Paranecta) Hutchinson, 1929
Notonecta viridis
Notonecta indica, Texas

Notonecta, known as backswimmers or water-boatmen, is a genus of bugs in the family Notonectidae.[1][2][3][4]

Species

These 70 species belong to the genus Notonecta:[1]

  • Notonecta amplifica Kiritshenko, 1931 (Europe, Asia)
  • Notonecta arabiensis Hungerford, 1926 (Palearctic)
  • Notonecta bicirca Hungerford, 1926 (South America)
  • Notonecta bicircoidea Hungerford, 1928 (South America)
  • Notonecta bifasciata Guérin-Méneville, 1844 (South America)
  • Notonecta borealis Hussey, 1919 (North America)
  • Notonecta canariensis Kirkaldy, 1897 (Africa)
  • Notonecta ceres Kirkaldy, 1897 (Central America)
  • Notonecta chinensis Fallou, 1887 (Southern Asia)
  • Notonecta colombiana Hungerford, 1933 (South America)
  • Notonecta compacta Hungerford, 1925 (Central America)
  • Notonecta confusa Hungerford, 1930 (South America)
  • Notonecta distinctoidea Hungerford, 1930 (Central America)
  • Notonecta disturbata Hungerford, 1926 (South America)
  • Notonecta fazi Hungerford, 1930 (South America)
  • Notonecta glauca Linnaeus, 1758 (Africa, Palearctic)
  • Notonecta handlirschi Kirkaldy, 1897 (Australia)
  • Notonecta hintoni Hungerford, 1933 (Central America)
  • Notonecta hoffmanni Hungerford, 1925 (Central and North America)
  • Notonecta huincamoreni Bachmann, 1962 (South America)
  • Notonecta hungerfordi J. Polhemus, 1993 (South America)
  • Notonecta impressa Fieber, 1851 (Central America)
  • Notonecta inca Mazzucconi, 2000 (South America)
  • Notonecta indica Linnaeus, 1771 (the Americas, Oceania)
  • Notonecta indicoidea Hungerford, 1927 (Central America)
  • Notonecta insulata Kirby, 1837 (North America)
  • Notonecta irrorata Uhler, 1879 (North America)
  • Notonecta itatiaia Barbosa & Nessimian, 2013 (South America)
  • Notonecta kiangsis Kirkaldy, 1902 (Europe, Asia)
  • Notonecta kirbyi Hungerford, 1925 (North America)
  • Notonecta kirkaldyi Martin, 1902 (Southern Asia)
  • Notonecta lactitans Kirkaldy, 1897 (Africa)
  • Notonecta lobata Hungerford, 1925 (Central and North America)
  • Notonecta lunata Hungerford, 1926 (North America)
  • Notonecta lutea Müller, 1776 (Palearctic)
  • Notonecta maculata Fabricius, 1794 (Africa, Palearctic)
  • Notonecta meinertzhageni Poisson, 1933 (Africa)
  • Notonecta melaena Kirkaldy, 1897 (Central America)
  • Notonecta meridionalis Poisson, 1926 (Africa, Palearctic)
  • Notonecta mexicana Amyot & Serville, 1843 (the Americas)
  • Notonecta montandoni Kirkaldy, 1897 (Southern Asia)
  • Notonecta montezuma Kirkaldy, 1897 (Central and North America)
  • Notonecta nigra Fieber, 1852 (South America)
  • Notonecta obliqua Gallen, 1787 (Palearctic)
  • Notonecta ochrothoe Kirkaldy, 1897 (South America)
  • Notonecta pallidula Poisson, 1926 (Africa)
  • Notonecta penecompacta Hungerford, 1938 (Central America)
  • Notonecta penelobata Hungerford, 1938 (Central America)
  • Notonecta peruviana Hungerford, 1933 (South America)
  • Notonecta petrunkevitchi Hutchinson, 1945 (North America)
  • Notonecta polystolisma Fieber, 1851 (South America)
  • Notonecta pulchra Hungerford, 1926 (South America)
  • Notonecta raleighi Torre-Bueno, 1907 (North America)
  • Notonecta repanda Hungerford, 1933 (Central and North America)
  • Notonecta reuteri Hungerford, 1928 (Europe and Asia)
  • Notonecta robusta Hungerford, 1932 (Central America)
  • Notonecta saramao Esaki, 1932 (Southern Asia)
  • Notonecta sellata Fieber, 1851 (South America)
  • Notonecta shooteri Uhler, 1894 (Central America and North America)
  • Notonecta spinosa Hungerford, 1930 (North America)
  • Notonecta thomasi Hungerford, 1937 (Central America)
  • Notonecta triguttata Motschulsky, 1861 (Europe and Asia)
  • Notonecta uhleri Kirkaldy, 1897 (North America)
  • Notonecta undulata Say, 1832 (North America)
  • Notonecta unifasciata Guérin-Méneville, 1857 (the Americas)
  • Notonecta variabilis Fieber, 1852 (North America, South America)
  • Notonecta vereertbruggheni Hungerford, 1928 (South America)
  • Notonecta violacea Kirkaldy, 1897 (Southern Asia)
  • Notonecta virescens Blanchard, 1852 (South America)
  • Notonecta viridis Delcourt, 1909 (Africa, Europe, Asia)

References

  1. ^ a b "ITIS report, Notonecta". Retrieved 2024-12-08.
  2. ^ Merritt, R.W.; Cummins, K.W.; Berg, M.B., eds. (2008). An Introduction to the Aquatic Insects of North America (4th ed.). Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company. ISBN 9780757550492.
  3. ^ "Directório de Espécies de Portugal". Naturdata. Retrieved January 24, 2014.
  4. ^ "BugGuide.net, Notonecta genus Information". Retrieved 2024-12-08.