Gerromorpha (Popov 1971), Semi-aquatic Bugs ⇒ Taxonomy and Distribution of Infraorder

Ants

Arachnids

Bees

Beetles

Booklice

Bugs

Bumblebees

Butterflies

Cicadas

Crane flies

Dragonflies

Earwigs

Flies

Isopods

Locusts

Mantises

Mayflies

Mosquitoes

Myriapods

Net-winged

Plant-parasitic

Plant-parasitic

Scorpion flies

Termites

Wasps

INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT

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Taxonomy of Infraorder Gerromorpha Popov, 1971
Semi-aquatic Bugs, Semiaquatic bugs, Shore-inhabiting bugs

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

Subnodes of Gerromorpha Popov, 1971

Superfamily	Gerroidea Leach, 1815	3 237 2901	Families Genera Species
Superfamily	Hebroidea Amyot & Serville, 1843	3 21 303	Families Genera Species
Superfamily	Hydrometroidea Billberg, 1820	3 35 230	Families Genera Species
Superfamily	Mesovelioidea Douglas & Scott, 1867 Water treaders	2 21 91	Families Genera Species

Synonyms

Amphibicorisae (Stange, 1994)

Heteroptera-gerromorpha (Banks, 1942)

Native, vernacular names and spellings of Gerromorpha

German	Wasserläufer
English	Semi-aquatic Bugs, Semiaquatic bugs, Shore-inhabiting bugs
Dutch	Oeverwantsen en watertreders
Finnish	Puolivesiluteet

Distribution and Species lists of Gerromorpha Popov, 1971

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Afghanistan
2 Families 2 Genera 2 Species

Albania
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species

Algeria
3 Families 3 Genera 4 Species

Angola
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species

Argentina
5 Families 19 Genera 26 Species

Armenia
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species

Australia
6 Families 60 Genera 406 Species

Austria
5 Families 9 Genera 25 Species

Bahamas
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species

Belarus
3 Families 3 Genera 4 Species

Belgium
5 Families 9 Genera 32 Species

Belize
4 Families 12 Genera 14 Species

Bolivia
3 Families 8 Genera 10 Species

Bosnia and Herzegovina
2 Families 2 Genera 3 Species

Botswana
3 Families 6 Genera 6 Species

Brazil
5 Families 32 Genera 140 Species

Bulgaria
4 Families 5 Genera 10 Species

Cameroon
2 Families 2 Genera 3 Species

Canada
5 Families 14 Genera 36 Species

Chile
3 Families 4 Genera 4 Species

China
6 Families 24 Genera 40 Species

Colombia
5 Families 37 Genera 210 Species

Costa Rica
4 Families 16 Genera 34 Species

Croatia
3 Families 4 Genera 6 Species

Cuba
3 Families 9 Genera 13 Species

Cyprus
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species

Czech Republic
5 Families 10 Genera 22 Species

Denmark
6 Families 16 Genera 32 Species

Dominica
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species

Dominican Republic
4 Families 9 Genera 14 Species

Ecuador
5 Families 19 Genera 21 Species

Egypt
2 Families 3 Genera 3 Species

El Salvador
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species

Estonia
5 Families 10 Genera 21 Species

Fiji
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species

Finland
5 Families 8 Genera 24 Species

France
5 Families 17 Genera 44 Species

Gambia
3 Families 3 Genera 6 Species

Georgia
5 Families 7 Genera 11 Species

Germany
5 Families 16 Genera 43 Species

Greece
4 Families 11 Genera 20 Species

Grenada
2 Families 2 Genera 3 Species

Guatemala
3 Families 5 Genera 11 Species

Guinea
2 Families 2 Genera 1 Species

Guinea-Bissau
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species

Guyana
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species

Honduras
3 Families 4 Genera 6 Species

Hungary
3 Families 3 Genera 6 Species

Iceland
4 Families 6 Genera 8 Species

India
5 Families 17 Genera 55 Species

Indonesia
5 Families 31 Genera 66 Species

Ireland
4 Families 7 Genera 18 Species

Israel
1 Family 1 Genus 3 Species

Italy
5 Families 9 Genera 37 Species

Jamaica
2 Families 5 Genera 6 Species

Japan
5 Families 19 Genera 46 Species

Jordan
3 Families 3 Genera 3 Species

Kenya
4 Families 4 Genera 2 Species

Latvia
4 Families 5 Genera 6 Species

Lebanon
2 Families 2 Genera 1 Species

Lesotho
5 Families 7 Genera 11 Species

Liberia
2 Families 6 Genera 6 Species

Liechtenstein
1 Families 2 Genera 3 Species

Lithuania
2 Families 5 Genera 10 Species

Luxembourg
5 Families 7 Genera 17 Species

Madagascar
2 Families 3 Genera 9 Species

Malaysia
4 Families 14 Genera 25 Species

Mauritius
1 Families 2 Genera 2 Species

Mexico
6 Families 21 Genera 82 Species

Micronesia
2 Families 5 Genera 7 Species

Mongolia
1 Families 2 Genera 4 Species

Montenegro
2 Families 2 Genera 3 Species

Morocco
1 Family 1 Genus 2 Species

Mozambique
5 Families 7 Genera 0 Species

Myanmar
1 Families 2 Genera 2 Species

Namibia
5 Families 9 Genera 11 Species

Nepal
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species

Netherlands
5 Families 9 Genera 26 Species

New Zealand
4 Families 11 Genera 11 Species

Nicaragua
4 Families 4 Genera 6 Species

Nigeria
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species

Norway
5 Families 8 Genera 26 Species

Palau
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species

Panama
5 Families 21 Genera 39 Species

Papua New Guinea
4 Families 16 Genera 10 Species

Paraguay
2 Families 2 Genera 3 Species

Peru
3 Families 15 Genera 24 Species

Philippines
4 Families 13 Genera 26 Species

Poland
5 Families 10 Genera 24 Species

Portugal
3 Families 11 Genera 14 Species

Republic South Africa
6 Families 26 Genera 52 Species

Romania
3 Families 4 Genera 11 Species

Russia
4 Families 14 Genera 27 Species

Rwanda
1 Families 2 Genera 2 Species

Saint Lucia
2 Families 2 Genera 2 Species

Saudi Arabia
2 Families 2 Genera 1 Species

Senegal
1 Families 2 Genera 4 Species

Serbia
3 Families 3 Genera 6 Species

Seychelles
4 Families 4 Genera 5 Species

Singapore
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species

Slovakia
5 Families 8 Genera 18 Species

Slovenia
3 Families 3 Genera 4 Species

Solomon Islands
5 Families 7 Genera 6 Species

Somalia
1 Families 2 Genera 2 Species

South Korea
4 Families 10 Genera 16 Species

Spain
5 Families 10 Genera 22 Species

Sri Lanka
4 Families 19 Genera 23 Species

Sudan
2 Families 2 Genera 1 Species

Suriname
2 Families 3 Genera 3 Species

Sweden
5 Families 11 Genera 31 Species

Switzerland
5 Families 8 Genera 14 Species

Syria
2 Families 2 Genera 2 Species

Taiwan
5 Families 21 Genera 48 Species

Tajikistan
1 Family 1 Genus 2 Species

Tanzania
2 Families 4 Genera 7 Species

Thailand
5 Families 11 Genera 9 Species

Tonga
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species

Trinidad and Tobago
2 Families 6 Genera 8 Species

Turkey
4 Families 7 Genera 11 Species

Turkmenistan
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species

Ukraine
4 Families 6 Genera 15 Species

United Kingdom
5 Families 12 Genera 32 Species

USA
6 Families 32 Genera 139 Species

Uzbekistan
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species

Venezuela
2 Families 11 Genera 24 Species

Vietnam
3 Families 6 Genera 4 Species

Yemen
1 Family 1 Genus 2 Species

Zambia
2 Families 5 Genera 8 Species

Zimbabwe
3 Families 3 Genera 6 Species

Distribution on islands

Capricorn Group
1 Families 2 Genera 2 Species

Hebrides
2 Families 2 Genera 7 Species

Inner Hebrides
2 Families 2 Genera 5 Species

Islands of Chile
2 Families 2 Genera 2 Species

Macaronesia
4 Families 7 Genera 9 Species

Northern Isles
3 Families 3 Genera 4 Species

Northern Orkney Islands
3 Families 3 Genera 4 Species

Orkney Islands
3 Families 3 Genera 4 Species

Outer Hebrides
2 Families 2 Genera 6 Species

Southern Orkney Islands
2 Families 2 Genera 2 Species

Uist
2 Families 2 Genera 6 Species

Found in fossile formations

Florissant Fossil Beds
2 Families 3 Genera 3 Species

Green River Formation
2 Families 3 Genera 3 Species

Koshelevka Formation
1 Family 1 Genus 1 Species

Yixian Formation
1 Family 1 Genus 2 Species

Links, sources and further information

Gerromorpha at artfakta.se
Gerromorpha at dyntaxa.se
Gerromorpha at itis.gov
Gerromorpha at marinespecies.org