Taxonomy of Family Gerridae Leach, 1815
Jesus bugs, Magic bugs, Pond skaters, Pondskater, Pondskaters, Skaters, Skimmers, Water bugs, Water scooters, Water skaters, Water skeeters, Water skimmers, Water skippers, Water spiders, Water Strider, Water striders
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 4179
190570
2444470 | Families
Genera
Species |
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 3816
189502
2439455 | Families
Genera
Species |
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 3399
186457
2415487 | Families
Genera
Species |
Superorder
| Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 710
28641
240164 | Families
Genera
Species |
Order
| Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs | 564
25824
208282 | Families
Genera
Species |
Suborder
| Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs | 124
8215
65100 | Families
Genera
Species |
Infraorder
| Gerromorpha
Popov, 1971
Semi-aquatic Bugs, Semiaquatic bugs, Shore-inhabiting bugs | 11
314
3525 | Families
Genera
Species |
Superfamily
| Gerroidea
Leach, 1815
| 3
237
2901 | Families
Genera
Species | | Family | Gerridae
Leach, 1815
Jesus bugs, Magic bugs, Pond skaters, Pondskater, Skaters | 123
1246 | Genera
Species |
Subnodes of Gerridae Leach, 1815 | Subfamily | Charmatometrinae
Andersen, 1975
| 3
18 | Genera
Species | | Subfamily | Cylindrostethinae
Andersen, 1975
| 3
58 | Genera
Species | | Subfamily | Electrobatinae
Andersen and Poinar, 1992
| 1
1 | Genus
Species | | Subfamily | Eotrechinae
Matsuda, 1960
| 6
96 | Genera
Species | | Subfamily | Gerrinae
Leach, 1815
| 19
423 | Genera
Species | | Subfamily | Halobatinae
Bianchi, 1896
| 13
239 | Genera
Species | | Subfamily | Ptilomerinae
Esaki, 1927
| 16
145 | Genera
Species | | Subfamily | Rhagadotarsinae
Lundblad, 1933
| 0
0 | Genera
Species | | Subfamily | Rhagodotarsinae
Lundblad, 1933 ⇒ Rhagadotarsinae
| 2
52 | Genera
Species | | Subfamily | Trepobatinae
Matsuda, 1960
| 27
187 | Genera
Species | | Genus | Alardus
Distant, 1903
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Callistometra
Bergroth, 1908
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Caprivia
China, 1931
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Cesametra
Kocak & Kemal, 2009
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Cretogerris ♰
Perrichot & al., 2005
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Cylindrobates ♰
Wappler & Andersen, 2004
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Ectrephus ♰
Handlirsch in Schroeder, 1925
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Esakobates
Lundblad, 1934
| 2 | Species | | Genus | Euodus
Distant, 1910
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Gerastratus
Distant, 1910
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Gerriselloides
Hungerford & Matsuda, 1958
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Halobatodes
White, 1883
| 2 | Species | | Genus | Hydrobates
Erichson, 1848
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Hygrotrechus
Stål, 1868 ⇒ Aquarius
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Hynesia
China, 1943 ⇒ Rheumatobates
| 3 | Species | | Genus | Janias
Distant, 1910
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Limnogonoides
Poisson, 1965
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Lutetiabates ♰
Wappler & Andersen, 2004
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Macrogerris
Andersen, 1993
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Nacebus
Distant, 1910
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Nepomorpha
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Potomobates
| 2 | Species | | Genus | Rhagodotarsus
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Rheumatotrechus
Kirkaldy, 1908
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Rheumobates
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Rhyscobates
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Stenometra
Esaki, 1926
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Telmatometropsis
Mondragón-F., Morales & Moreira, 2021
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Tenagogonella
Poisson, 1949
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Teratobates
Esaki, 1927
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Trepobatopsis
Champion, 1898
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Ures
Distant, 1910
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Ventidiopsis
Miyamoto, 1967
| 1 | Species |
Synonyms Native, vernacular names and spellings of Gerridae | German | Schneider, Wasserläufer, Wasserschneider | | English | Jesus bugs, Magic bugs, Pond skaters, Pondskater, Pondskaters, Skaters, Skimmers, Water bugs, Water scooters, Water skaters, Water skeeters, Water skimmers, Water skippers, Water spiders, Water Strider, Water striders | | Dutch | Schaatsenrijders | | Danish | Skøjteløbere | | Swedish | Skräddare | | Finnish | Vesimittarit | | Norwegian | Vannløpere | | French | Gerridés |
Distribution and Species lists of Gerridae Leach, 1815
Distribution on islands
Found in fossile formations
Ecozone Lakes
 | | Gerridae (Leach 1815) |
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