Tachygerrini

Tachygerrini
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Gerridae
Subfamily: Gerrinae
Tribe: Tachygerrini
Andersen, 1975[1]
Genera

Eurygerris Hungerford & Matsuda, 1958
Tachygerris Drake, 1957

Tachygerrini is a tribe of water striders containing 21 species in 2 genera.[2][3] In addition to the two extant genera, Eurygerris and Tachygerris, Andersen included the extinct genus Eurygerris within the Tachygerrini.[1]

Genera

References

  1. ^ a b Andersen, N. M. (1975). "The Limnogonus and Neogerris of the Old World with character analysis and a reclassification of the Gerrinae (Hemiptera: Gerridae)". Entomologica Scandinavica, Supplement. 7: 1–96.
  2. ^ Damgaard, Jakob; Moreira, Felipe Ferraz Figuiredo; Weir, Tom A.; Zettel, Herbert (2014). "Molecular phylogeny of the pond skaters (Gerrinae), discussion of the fossil record and a checklist of species assigned to the subfamily (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerridae)". Insect Systematics & Evolution. 45 (3): 251–281. doi:10.1163/1876312X-44042105.
  3. ^ Damgaard, Jakob (2008). "Evolution of the semi-aquatic bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha) with a re-interpretation of the fossil record" (PDF). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. 48 (2): 251–268, page 263. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2011.


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