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Gerridae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY
Published in
<i>Cat. Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi Anacanthini Br. Mus.</i>, <b>4</b>: 252

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Hemiptera
family
Gerridae

Name

Synonyms
Gerris parabdominalis Theobald, 1937
Gerris protobates Cockerell, 1927
Hydrobatida
Metrobates aeternalis Scudder, 1890
Metrobates eternalis Scudder, 1890
Homonyms
Gerridae
Common names
Alfaiates in Portuguese
Anggang-Anggang in Indonesian
Aranhas-d'Água in Portuguese
Chinches Patinadores de Agua in Spanish
Chinches patinadoras de agua in Spanish
Gäiz in Luxembourgish
Insetos-Jesus in Portuguese
Mulitas de agua in Spanish
Nartnikowate in Polish
Pond Skaters in English
Pond Skaters in English
Pondskater in English
Pondskaters in English
Pondskaters in English
Sabaters in Catalan–Valencian
Schaatsenrijders in Dutch
Skøjteløbere in Danish
Skøjteløbere in Danish
Táłkááʼ dilwoʼí in Navajo
Vandeniniai čiuožikai in Lithuanian
Waasserschneider in Luxembourgish
Wasserläufer in German
Water Strider in English
Water Strider in English
Water Striders in English
Water Striders in English
Waterlopers in Afrikaans
bruslařkovití in Czech
gerrido in Basque
korčuliarkovité in Slovak
liuskurlased in Estonian
pond skaters in English
pond skaters in English
pond skaters in English
pondskaters in English
skräddare in Swedish
vannløpere in Norwegian Bokmål
vassløparar in Nynorsk, Norwegian
vesimittarit in Finnish
vesimittarit in Finnish
vodni drsalci in Slovenian
water strider in English
water striders in English
water striders in English
water striders in English
čahcemihtideaddjit in Northern Sami
Водомерки in Russian
Водомірки in Ukrainian
רצי מים in Hebrew
จิงโจ้น้ำ in Thai

Bibliographic References

  1. (2014) The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands.
  2. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  3. Gärdenfors, Hall, Hallingbäck, Hansson & Hedström (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj.
  4. Henry, Thomas J. / Foottit, Robert G., and Peter H. Adler, eds., 2009: Chapter 10. Biodiversity of Heteroptera. Insect Biodiversity: Science and Society. 223-263.
  5. Henry, Thomas J., and Richard C. Froeschner, eds., 1988: null. Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States. xix + 958.
  6. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
  7. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 962 Gerridae in Pisces and Hemiptera: removal of homonymy in family-group names.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 28(1/2), 41-43 (1971)
  8. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 962 Gerridae in Pisces and Hemiptera: removal of homonymy in family-group names.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 28(1/2), 41-43 (1971)
  9. Jansson, A. (1996)
  10. McGavin, George C., 1993: null. Bugs of the World. 192.
  11. Nieser, N. (1982)
  12. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  13. Savage, A.A. (1989)
  14. Tempelman, D. et Van Haaren, T (2009)
  15. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
  16. Zettel, Herbert, 2014: Annotated catalogue of the semi-aquatic bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha) of Luzon Island, the Philippines, with descriptions of new species. Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichischer Entomologen, vol. 66. 85-140.
  17. some verified marine genera (AJR, Nov 2010)
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