Notonecta

Notonecta Temporal range: Aptian–Present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Notonecta maculata
Scientific 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)

• 
  Notonecta viridis, Netherlands
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  Notonecta irrorata, Texas
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  Notonecta glauca, Czechia
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  Notonecta maculata, Germany
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  Notonecta kirbyi, California
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  Notonecta undulata, Canada
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  Notonecta triguttata, Japan
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  Notonecta indica, Texas
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  Notonecta uhleri, North Carolina
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  Notonecta obliqua, UK
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  Notonecta insulata, Pennsylvania
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  Notonecta petrunkevitchi, North Carolina
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  Notonecta unifasciata, Texas
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  Notonecta lobata, México
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  Notonecta reuteri, Russia
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  Notonecta raleighi, Mississippi
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  Notonecta montezuma, Texas
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  Notonecta hoffmani, California
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  Notonecta uhleri, North Carolina

References

1. "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.

External links

• Citizen science observations for Notonecta at iNaturalist
• Media related to Notonecta at Wikimedia Commons