Species list, Checklist of Family Nepidae (Back-swimmer Water-boatmen) for Transvaal (Republic South Africa)

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Checklist for Family Nepidae Latreille, 1802 (Back-swimmer Water-boatmen)
and region Transvaal (Republic South Africa)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	380 3140 5821	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	380 3140 5821	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	357 3054 5696	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Paraneoptera Martynov, 1923	82 394 587	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Hemiptera Linnaeus, 1758 Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs	72 322 469	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Heteroptera Latreille, 1810 Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs	35 158 204	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Nepomorpha Popov, 1971 Aquatic bugs, True water bugs, Water bugs	10 20 53	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Nepoidea Latreille, 1802	2 4 9	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Nepidae Latreille, 1802 Back-swimmer Water-boatmen, Needle bugs, Water scorpions	2 5	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Transvaal
2 Genera with 5 Species

Laccotrephes Stål, 1758		3	Species	Taxom
Ranatra Fabricius, 1860	Water scorpions	2	Species	Taxom

Species list for Transvaal
5 Species

Laccotrephes annulipes Signoret, 1880	Clear Chub
Laccotrephes fabricii Stål, 1868
Laccotrephes fuscus Linnaeus, 1758
Ranatra fianarantsoana Poisson, 1963	Englemann's milkvetch
Ranatra parvipes (Signoret, 1860)	⇒ Ranatra grandicollis Montandon, 1907

Subnodes of Nepidae with occurrences in Transvaal

Subfamily	Nepinae Latreille, 1802	1 3	Genus Species	Taxom
Subfamily	Ranatrinae Douglas and Scott, 1865	1 2	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