Notonecta, known as backswimmers or water-boatmen, is a genus of bugs in the family Notonectidae.[1][2][3][4]
| Notonecta Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Superfamily: | Notonectoidea |
| Family: | Notonectidae |
| Genus: | Notonecta Linnaeus, 1758 |
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Species
editThese 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)
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Notonecta viridis, Netherlands -
Notonecta irrorata, Texas -
Notonecta glauca, Czechia -
Notonecta maculata, Germany -
Notonecta kirbyi, California -
Notonecta undulata, Canada -
Notonecta triguttata, Japan -
Notonecta indica, Texas -
Notonecta uhleri, North Carolina -
Notonecta obliqua, UK -
Notonecta insulata, Pennsylvania -
Notonecta petrunkevitchi, North Carolina -
Notonecta unifasciata, Texas -
Notonecta lobata, México -
Notonecta reuteri, Russia -
Notonecta raleighi, Mississippi -
Notonecta montezuma, Texas -
Notonecta hoffmani, California -
Notonecta uhleri, North Carolina
References
edit- ^ a b "ITIS report, Notonecta". Retrieved 2024-12-08.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Directório de Espécies de Portugal". Naturdata. Retrieved January 24, 2014.
- ^ "BugGuide.net, Notonecta genus Information". Retrieved 2024-12-08.
External links
edit- Citizen science observations for Notonecta at iNaturalist
Media related to Notonecta at Wikimedia Commons
