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Checklist for Infraorder Nepomorpha Popov, 1971 (Aquatic bugs)
and region Cape (Republic South Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
630
8507
21838
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
628
8495
21797
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
600
8347
21509
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
127
941
1555
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
104
859
1460
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs
48
353
570
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Nepomorpha
Popov, 1971
Aquatic bugs, True water bugs, Water bugs
10
31
76
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Cape
10 Families width 76 Species and 3 Subspecies
Corixidae Leach, 1815Lesser Water-Boatman17SpeciesTaxom
Notonectidae Latreille, 1802Back Swimmers28SpeciesTaxom
Aphelocheiridae Fieber, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Belostomatidae (Leach, 1815)Alligator ticks5SpeciesTaxom
Helotrephidae Esaki & China, 1927Beetle backswimmers0SpeciesTaxom
Naucoridae Leach, 1815Creeping water bug4SpeciesTaxom
Nepidae Latreille, 1802Back-swimmer Water-boatmen6SpeciesTaxom
Micronectidae Jaczewski, 1924Pygmy water boatmen10SpeciesTaxom
Gelastocoridae Kirkaldy, 1897Toad bug1SpeciesTaxom
Pleidae Fieber, 1817Pigmy backswimmers4SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Cape
31 Genera with 76 Species
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Agraptocorixa Kirkaldy, 1898
0SpeciesTaxom
Anisops Spinola, 1851Common backswimmer19SpeciesTaxom
Aphelocheirus Westwood, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Appasus Amyot & Serv..., 18032SpeciesTaxom
Buenoa Kirkaldy, 1904
0SpeciesTaxom
Callicorixa White, 18482SpeciesTaxom
Corixa Geoffroy, 18073SpeciesTaxom
Diplonychus Laporte, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Enithares Spinola, 18553SpeciesTaxom
Helotrephes Stål, 1859
0SpeciesTaxom
Hydrocyrius Spinola, 01SpeciesTaxom
Laccocoris Stål, 18563SpeciesTaxom
Laccotrephes Stål, 18682SpeciesTaxom
Lethocerus Mayr, 1853Giant Water Bug1SpeciesTaxom
Macrocoris Signoret, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Micronecta Kirkaldy, 192910SpeciesTaxom
Naucoris Geoffroy, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Neonychia Hungerford, 1950
0SpeciesTaxom
Nepa Linnaeus, 17732SpeciesTaxom
Nerthra Say, 1837Toad bugs1SpeciesTaxom
Notonecta Linnaeus, 1897Back-Swimmer4SpeciesTaxom
Nychia Stål, 18722SpeciesTaxom
Paraplea Esaki & China, 18552SpeciesTaxom
Plea Leach, 18552SpeciesTaxom
Ranatra Fabricius, 1903Water scorpions2SpeciesTaxom
Sigara Fabricius, 192812SpeciesTaxom
Stenocorixa Horváth, 1927
0SpeciesTaxom
Tenagobia Bergroth, 1899
0SpeciesTaxom
Trichocorixa Kirkaldy, 1908
0SpeciesTaxom
Tropocorixa Hutchinson, 1940
0SpeciesTaxom
Usingerina Stål, 1860
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape
76 Species and 3 Subspecies
Anisops aglaia Hutchinson, 1929
Anisops amaryllis Hutchinson, 1928
Anisops ares (Hutchinson, 1928)⇒ Anisops varia Fieber, 1851
Anisops balcis (Hutchinson, 1930)⇒ Anisops varia Fieber, 1851
Anisops debilis (Gerstaecker, 1873)⇒ Anisops varia Fieber, 1851
Anisops gracilis (Hutchinson, 1927)⇒ Anisops varia Fieber, 1851
Anisops graciloides (Brookes, 1951)⇒ Anisops varia Fieber, 1851
Anisops hancocki murati Poisson, 1939
Anisops hypatia (Hutchinson, 1929)⇒ Anisops varia Fieber, 1851
Anisops hypatria
Anisops komghai Reichart, 1980Sculptureless verticord
Anisops letitia (Hutchinson, 1929)⇒ Anisops varia Fieber, 1851
Anisops nasutus Fieber, 1851
Anisops poweri (Hutchinson, 1929)⇒ Anisops varia Fieber, 1851
Anisops sardea (Herrich-Schä..., 1850)⇒ Anisops sardeus Herrich-Scha..., 1849
Anisops scutellata
Anisops stali Kirkaldy, 1904Bluegreen saltbush
Anisops varia Fieber, 1851
Anisops varius (Fieber, 1851)⇒ Anisops varia Fieber, 1851
Aphelocheirus schoutedeni Montandon, 1914
Appasus capensis (Mayr, 1871)⇒ Diplonychus capensis Mayr, 1871
Appasus nepoides Fabricius, 1803
Callicorixa audeni Hungerford, 1928Auden´s Waterboatman
Callicorixa praeusta Fieber, 1848
Corixa dentipes Thomson, 1869
Corixa dorsalis Leach, 1817
Corixa punctata Illiger, 1807Common Water Boatman
Diplonychus capensis Mayr, 1871
Enithares chinai (Jaczewski, 1927)⇒ Enithares glauca Bolivar, 1879
Enithares glauca Bolivar, 1879
Enithares sobria Stål, 1855Springfishes
Hydrocyrius columbiae columbiae
Laccocoris limigenus (Stål, 1865)⇒ Naucoris obscuratus Montandon, 1913
Laccocoris limigenus aurivillii (Poisson, 1949)⇒ Naucoris obscuratus Montandon, 1913
Laccocoris spurcus (Stål, 1856)⇒ Naucoris obscuratus Montandon, 1913
Laccotrephes brachialis Gerstaecker, 1873
Laccotrephes fabricii Stål, 1868
Lethocerus cordofanus (Mayr, 1853)⇒ Lethocerus niloticus Stål, 1854
Macrocoris convexus (Montandon, 1897)⇒ Centipocoris africana Poisson, 0
Micronecta bleekiana Hutchinson, 1929
Micronecta butleriana Hutchinson, 1929
Micronecta citharista
Micronecta citharistia Hutchinson, 1940
Micronecta dimidiata Poisson, 1928Spring cavefishes
Micronecta gorogaiqua Hutchinson, 1929
Micronecta piccanin (Hutchinson, 1940)⇒ Micronecta dimidiata Poisson, 1928
Micronecta scutellaris (Stål, 1858)⇒ Sigara scutellaris Stål, 1858
Micronecta uvarovi Jaczewski, 1926
Micronecta winifreda Hutchinson, 1929
Naucoris obscuratus Montandon, 1913Woollyleaf manzanita
Nepa cinerea Linnaeus, 1758Gray bushmallow
Nepa naucoris De Geer, 1773
Nerthra grandicollis Germar, 1837
Notonecta (Notonecta) borealis Hussey, 1919Mountain alder
Notonecta (Notonecta) glauca Linnaeus, 1758Common Backswimmer
Notonecta (Paranecta) undulata Say, 1832Backswimmer
Notonecta lactitans Kirkaldy, 1897Beach saltbush
Nychia limpida Stål, 1860
Nychia marshalli Scott, 1872
Paraplea piccanina Hutchinson, 1929Sibling yoldia
Paraplea pullula Stål, 1855
Plea piccanina Hutchinson, 1925
Plea pullula Stal, 1855
Ranatra cinnamomea Distant, 1904
Ranatra dispar Montandon, 1903Needle Bug
Sigara (Arctosigara) decoratella Hungerford, 1926
Sigara (Lasiosigara) trilineata Provancher, 1872
Sigara (Retrocorixa) venusta Douglas & Scott, 1869
Sigara (Sigara) pectoralis Fieber, 1848
Sigara (Subsigara) falleni Fieber, 1848
Sigara (Subsigara) fossarum Leach, 1817
Sigara ceres Hutchinson, 1929
Sigara contortuplicata (Hutchinson n..., 1929)⇒ Sigara wahlbergi Lundblad, 1928
Sigara meridionalis Wallengren, 1875
Sigara scutellaris Stål, 1858
Sigara sjoestedti Kirkaldy, 1910
Sigara wahlbergi Lundblad, 1928

Subnodes of Nepomorpha with occurrences in Cape
SuperfamilyAphelocheiroidea
Hebsgaard, Andersen & Damgaard, 2004
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCorixoidea
Enderlein, 1912
water boatmen
2
9
27
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyNaucoroidea
Leach, 1815
1
4
4
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyNepoidea
Latreille, 1802
2
7
11
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyNotonectoidea
Latreille, 1802
back swimmers, backswimmers
3
9
32
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyOchteroidea
Kirkaldy, 1906
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Nepomorpha at artfakta.se
Nepomorpha at dyntaxa.se
Nepomorpha at itis.gov