Notonecta

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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

(2008). "An Introduction to the Aquatic Insects of North America". Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company.
"Directório de Espécies de Portugal". Naturdata.

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