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Checklist for Family Nepidae Latreille, 1802 (Back-swimmer Water-boatmen)
and region America (Continents)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
1321
50475
424947
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
1315
50409
424765
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
1179
49568
420027
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
260
7482
52861
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
188
6619
45703
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs
73
2419
14992
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Nepomorpha
Popov, 1971
Aquatic bugs, True water bugs, Water bugs
12
103
1156
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Nepoidea
Latreille, 1802
2
19
247
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyNepidae
Latreille, 1802
Back-swimmer Water-boatmen, Needle bugs, Water scorpions
5
110
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for America
5 Genera with 110 Species
Curicta Stål, 189521SpeciesTaxom
Laccotrephes Stål, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Nepa Linnaeus, 19085SpeciesTaxom
Ranatra Fabricius, 1966Water scorpions82SpeciesTaxom
Telmatotrephes Stål, 18545SpeciesTaxom


Species list for America
110 Species and 4 Subspecies
Curicta bilobata Kuitert, 1949
Curicta bonaerensis Berg, 1879
Curicta borellii Montandon, 1903
Curicta carinata De Carlo, 1951
Curicta decarloi Keffer, 1997
Curicta grandis De Carlo, 1951
Curicta granulosa De Carlo, 1951
Curicta howardi (Montandon, 1910)⇒ Curicta scorpio Stål, 1862
Curicta hungerfordi Kuitert, 1949
Curicta intermedia Martin, 1898
Curicta johnpolhemi Keffer, 1999
Curicta lenti De Carlo, 1951
Curicta longimanus De Carlo, 1951
Curicta montei De Carlo, 1960
Curicta pelleranoi De Carlo, 1951
Curicta peruviana Kuitert, 1949
Curicta pronotata Kuitert, 1949
Curicta scorpio Stål, 1862
Curicta tibialis Martin, 1902
Curicta venzolana
Curicta volxemi Montandon, 1895
Laccotrephes ingens Ferrari, 1888
Nepa apiculata Uhler, 1862Canby's cowbane
Nepa cimicoides Linnaeus, 1758
Nepa cinerea Linnaeus, 1758Gray bushmallow
Nepa naucoris De Geer, 1773
Nepa vulcanica Cockerell, 1908
Ranatra (Ranatra) linearis Linnaeus, 1758Water Stick Insect
Ranatra absona Drake & De C..., 1953
Ranatra acapulcana Drake & De C..., 1953
Ranatra adelmorpha Nieser, 1975
Ranatra ameghinoi De Carlo, 1970
Ranatra annulipes Stål, 1854
Ranatra attenuata Kuitert, 1949
Ranatra australis Hungerford, 1922Ajo oak
Ranatra bachmanni De Carlo, 1954
Ranatra brasiliensis De Carlo, 1946
Ranatra brevicauda Montandon, 1905
Ranatra brevicollis W. D. Pierce, 1948Woollyleaf manzanita
Ranatra buenoi Hungerford, 1922Ajo oak
Ranatra camposi Montandon, 1910
Ranatra chagasi De Carlo, 1946
Ranatra compressicollis Montandon, 1898Bonny Doon manzanita
Ranatra costalimai De Carlo, 1954
Ranatra cruzi De Carlo, 1950
Ranatra curtafemorata Kuitert, 1949
Ranatra doesburgi De Carlo, 1963
Ranatra dolichodentata Kuitert, 1949
Ranatra drakei Hungerford, 1922Ajo oak
Ranatra ecuadoriensis De Carlo, 1950
Ranatra fabricii Guérin-Ménev..., 1843
Ranatra flokata Nieser & Bur..., 1998
Ranatra fusca W. D. Pierce, 1948Brown water scorpion
Ranatra fusca edentula Montandon, 1910
Ranatra fusca fusca Palisot, 1820
Ranatra galantae Nieser, 1969
Ranatra hechti DeCarlo, 1966
Ranatra heydeni Montandon, 1909
Ranatra horvathi Montandon, 1910Woollyleaf manzanita
Ranatra hungerfordi Kuitert, 1949
Ranatra insulata Barber, 1939
Ranatra jamaicana Drake & De C..., 1953
Ranatra kirkaldyi Torre-Bueno, 1905Ajo oak
Ranatra kirkaldyi hoffmanni Hungerford, 1922
Ranatra kirkaldyi kirkaldyi Torre-Bueno, 1905
Ranatra lanei De Carlo, 1946
Ranatra lenti De Carlo, 1950
Ranatra lethierryi Montandon, 1907
Ranatra machrisi Nieser & Bur..., 1998
Ranatra macrophthalma Herrich-Scha..., 1849
Ranatra maculosa Kuitert, 1949
Ranatra magna Kuitert, 1949
Ranatra mediana Montandon, 1910Woollyleaf manzanita
Ranatra mixta Montandon, 1907
Ranatra moderata Kuitert, 1949
Ranatra montei De Carlo, 1946
Ranatra montezuma Polhemus, 1976White prairie clover
Ranatra neivai De Carlo, 1946
Ranatra nigra Herrich-Scha..., 1849
Ranatra obscura Montandon, 1906
Ranatra oliveiracesari De Carlo, 1946
Ranatra operculata Kuitert, 1949
Ranatra ornitheia Nieser, 1975
Ranatra parvula Kuitert, 1949
Ranatra pittieri Montandon, 1910Woollyleaf manzanita
Ranatra protense
Ranatra quadridentata Stål, 1862
Ranatra rabida Buchanan White, 1879
Ranatra robusta Montandon, 1905
Ranatra sagrai Drake & De C..., 1953
Ranatra sarmientoi De Carlo, 1967
Ranatra sattleri De Carlo, 1967
Ranatra segrega Montandon, 1905Woollyleaf manzanita
Ranatra signoreti Montandon, 1905
Ranatra similis Drake & De C..., 1953
Ranatra siolii De Carlo, 1970
Ranatra sjostedti Montandon, 1911
Ranatra spatulata Kuitert, 1949
Ranatra subinermis Montandon, 1907
Ranatra surinamensis De Carlo, 1963
Ranatra texana Hungerford, 1930Interior live oak
Ranatra travassosi De Carlo, 1950
Ranatra tuberculifrons Montandon, 1907
Ranatra unidentata Stål, 1861
Ranatra usingeri De Carlo, 1970
Ranatra wagneri Hungerford, 1929
Ranatra weberi De Carlo, 1970
Ranatra williamsi Kuitert, 1949
Ranatra zeteki Drake & Does..., 1966
Telmatotrephes brasiliensis De Carlo, 1956
Telmatotrephes carvalhoi De Carlo, 1956
Telmatotrephes ecuadorensis Lansbury, 1972
Telmatotrephes grandicollis Kuitert, 1949
Telmatotrephes sculpticollis Stål, 1854

Subnodes of Nepidae with occurrences in America
SubfamilyNepinae
Latreille, 1802
4
32
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyRanatrinae
Douglas and Scott, 1865
1
78
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Nepidae at artfakta.se
Nepidae at dyntaxa.se
Nepidae at gbif.org
Nepidae at irmng.org
Nepidae at itis.gov