Notonecta

Genus of true bugs
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::summary Genus of true bugs ::
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Notonecta, known as backswimmers or water-boatmen, is a genus of bugs in the family Notonectidae.
Species
These 70 species belong to the genus Notonecta:
- 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 (Notonectidae sp.), Arnhem, the Netherlands - 3.jpg|Notonecta viridis, Netherlands Notonecta irrorata - inat 455802500.jpg|Notonecta irrorata, Texas Notonecta glauca - inat 446547338.jpg|Notonecta glauca, Czechia Notonecta maculata - inat 435135741.jpg|Notonecta maculata, Germany Notonecta kirbyi - inat 452567424.jpg|Notonecta kirbyi, California Notonecta undulata - inat 419679506.jpg|Notonecta undulata, Canada Notonecta triguttata - inat 331180369.jpg|Notonecta triguttata, Japan Notonecta indica - inat 293890867.jpg|Notonecta indica, Texas Notonecta uhleri - inat 92673356.jpg|Notonecta uhleri, North Carolina Notonecta obliqua - inat 165420660.jpg|Notonecta obliqua, UK Notonecta insulata - inat 393700583.jpg|Notonecta insulata, Pennsylvania Notonecta petrunkevitchi - inat 227995951.jpg|Notonecta petrunkevitchi, North Carolina Notonecta unifasciata - inat 246400367.jpg|Notonecta unifasciata, Texas Notonecta lobata - inat 174774443.jpg|Notonecta lobata, México Notonecta reuteri - inat 315726266.jpg|Notonecta reuteri, Russia Notonecta raleighi - inat 92673661.jpg|Notonecta raleighi, Mississippi Notonecta montezuma - inat 311404228.jpg|Notonecta montezuma, Texas Notonecta hoffmani - inat 251751632.jpg|Notonecta hoffmani, California Notonecta uhleri - inat 92673356.jpg|Notonecta uhleri, North Carolina
References
References
- (2008). "An Introduction to the Aquatic Insects of North America". Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company.
- "Directório de Espécies de Portugal". Naturdata.
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