Aquarius nebularis

Aquarius nebularis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Gerridae
Genus: Aquarius
Species:
A. nebularis
Binomial name
Aquarius nebularis
(Drake and Hottes, 1925)
Synonyms

Gerris nebularis Drake and Hottes, 1925

Aquarius nebularis is a species of water strider in the family Gerridae.[1] It is found in the eastern United States from New York south to central Florida and west to Louisiana, Arkansas, and Iowa.[2][3]

Adults reach lengths of 14–16 mm.[3] Aquarius nebularis is part of the A. elongatus species group, being most closely related to A. conformis, a species also found in eastern North America.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Aquarius nebularis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2020-11-08.
  2. ^ Henry, Thomas J.; Froeschner, Richard C., eds. (1988). Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States. CRC Press. ISBN 9780916846442.
  3. ^ a b Epler, John H. (2006). "Identification Manual for the Aquatic and Semi-aquatic Heteroptera of Florida" (PDF). Florida Department of Environmental Protection.
  4. ^ Damgaard, Jakob; Cognato, A.I. (2005). "Phylogeny and reclassification of species groups in Aquarius Schellenberg, Limnoporus Stål and Gerris Fabricius (Insecta: Hemiptera‐Heteroptera, Gerridae)". Systematic Entomology. 31 (1): 93–112. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2005.00302.x. S2CID 82154721.
  5. ^ Ye, Zhen; Damgaard, Jakob; Chen, Pingping; Zhu, Lin; Zheng, Chenguang; Bu, Wenjun (2018). "Biogeography and diversification of Holarctic water striders: Cenozoic temperature variation, habitat shifting and multiple intercontinental dispersals". Systematic Entomology. 43 (1): 19–30. doi:10.1111/syen.12274. S2CID 90741463.


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