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Checklist for Infraorder Nepomorpha Popov, 1971 (Aquatic bugs)
and region Colombia (Northern South America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
598
10458
32334
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
595
10451
32326
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
562
10215
31633
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
133
1516
4083
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
95
1269
3412
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs
46
443
1068
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Nepomorpha
Popov, 1971
Aquatic bugs, True water bugs, Water bugs
11
39
163
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Colombia
11 Families width 163 Species
Belostomatidae Leach, 1815Alligator ticks29SpeciesTaxom
Naucoridae Leach, 1815Creeping water bug31SpeciesTaxom
Notonectidae Latreille, 1802Back Swimmers35SpeciesTaxom
Corixidae Leach, 1815Lesser Water-Boatman20SpeciesTaxom
Nepidae Latreille, 1802Back-swimmer Water-boatmen12SpeciesTaxom
Gelastocoridae Kirkaldy, 1897Toad bug18SpeciesTaxom
Micronectidae Jaczewski, 1924Pygmy water boatmen8SpeciesTaxom
Pleidae Fieber, 1817Pigmy backswimmers7SpeciesTaxom
Ochteridae Kirkaldy, 1906Velvety shore bug2SpeciesTaxom
Helotrephidae Esaki & China, 1927Beetle backswimmers1SpeciesTaxom
Potamocoridae Štys & Jansson, 19880SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Colombia
39 Genera with 163 Species
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Abedus Stål, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Ambrysus Stål, 19745SpeciesTaxom
Belostoma Latreille, 1962giant water bug22SpeciesTaxom
Buenoa Kirkaldy, 201017SpeciesTaxom
Centrocorisa Lundblad, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Corisella Lundblad, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Corixa Geoffroy, 1762
0SpeciesTaxom
Cryphocricos Signoret, 20214SpeciesTaxom
Ctenipocoris Montandon, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Curicta Stål, 18955SpeciesTaxom
Gelastocoris Kirkaldy, 17986SpeciesTaxom
Heleocoris Stål, 1876
0SpeciesTaxom
Hesperocorixa Kirkaldy, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Heterocorixa White, 19342SpeciesTaxom
Lethocerus Mayr, 1933Giant Water Bug6SpeciesTaxom
Limnocoris Stål, 190917SpeciesTaxom
Martarega White, 194910SpeciesTaxom
Micronecta Kirkaldy, 1897
0SpeciesTaxom
Montandonius Melin, 1930
0SpeciesTaxom
Neoplea Esaki & China, 19746SpeciesTaxom
Neosigara Lundblad, 19926SpeciesTaxom
Nerthra Say, 1948Toad bugs12SpeciesTaxom
Notonecta Linnaeus, 1897Back-Swimmer8SpeciesTaxom
Ocyochterus Drake & Góm..., 18792SpeciesTaxom
Orocorixa Nieser & Pad..., 19921SpeciesTaxom
Palmacorixa Abbott, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Paraplea Esaki & China, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Paratrephes China, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Pelocoris Stål, 18973SpeciesTaxom
Placomerus La Rivers, 1956
0SpeciesTaxom
Potamocoris Hungerford, 1941
0SpeciesTaxom
Procryphocricos Polhemus, 19911SpeciesTaxom
Ramphocorixa Abbott, 19272SpeciesTaxom
Ranatra Fabricius, 1966Water scorpions6SpeciesTaxom
Sigara Fabricius, 18251SpeciesTaxom
Telmatotrephes Stål, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Tenagobia Bergroth, 19778SpeciesTaxom
Trichocorixa Kirkaldy, 18574SpeciesTaxom
Weberiella De Carlo, 1966
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Colombia
163 Species
Abedus signoreti Mayr, 1871
Ambrysus colombicus Montandon, 1909
Ambrysus crenulatus Montandon, 1897Sand mesa manzanita
Ambrysus fossatus Usinger, 1946Coriander
Ambrysus oblongulus Montandon, 1897Sand mesa manzanita
Ambrysus tricuspis La Rivers, 1974
Belostoma anurum Herrich-Schä..., 1848
Belostoma asiaticum Mayr, 1863
Belostoma aurivillianum Montandon, 1913
Belostoma bergi Montandon, 1913
Belostoma columbiae Lauck, 1962
Belostoma costalimai De Carlo, 1938
Belostoma dallasi De Carlo, 1930
Belostoma dentatum Montandon, 1903
Belostoma denticolle Montandon, 1903
Belostoma ellipticum Latreille, 1833
Belostoma elongatum Montandon, 1908Stanford's manzanita
Belostoma fittkaui De Carlo, 1966
Belostoma hirsutum Roback & Nieser, 1974
Belostoma malkini Lauck, 1962
Belostoma micantulum Stål, 1858
Belostoma parvum Estévez & Po..., 2007
Belostoma plebejum Stal, 1858
Belostoma porteri DeCarlo, 1942
Belostoma pseudoguianae Roback & Nieser, 1974
Belostoma sayagoi De Carlo, 1966
Belostoma stollii Amyot & Audi..., 1843
Belostoma venezuelae Lauck, 1962
Buenoa amazona Padilla-Gil, 2003
Buenoa anomala Padilla-Gil, 2010Purple prairie clover
Buenoa burtsa Padilla-Gil, 2010Purple prairie clover
Buenoa cucunubensis Padilla-Gil ..., 1992
Buenoa dactylis Padilla-Gil, 2010Purple prairie clover
Buenoa funensis Padilla-Gil, 2010Purple prairie clover
Buenoa gracilis Truxal, 1953Henderson's angelica
Buenoa nieseri Padilla-Gil, 2003
Buenoa pallens Champion, 1901
Buenoa pallipes Fabricius, 1802Backswimmer
Buenoa platycnemis Fieber, 1851
Buenoa playtycnemis Fieber, 1851
Buenoa prosthetus Padilla-Gil, 2010Purple prairie clover
Buenoa salutis Kirkaldy, 1904Bluegreen saltbush
Buenoa similis Roback & Nieser, 1974
Buenoa tumaquensis Padilla-Gil, 2010Purple prairie clover
Buenoa uselus Padilla-Gil, 2010Purple prairie clover
Centrocorisa kollari Fieber, 1851
Corisella tarsalis Fieber, 1851
Cryphocricos barozzi Signoret, 1850
Cryphocricos barozzii Signoret, 1850Mckelvey's beeblossom
Cryphocricos rufus De Carlo, 1940
Cryphocricos sandyae Sites, 2021
Ctenipocoris spinipes Montandon, 1897
Curicta carinata De Carlo, 1951
Curicta granulosa De Carlo, 1951
Curicta intermedia Martin, 1898
Curicta montei De Carlo, 1960
Curicta volxemi Montandon, 1895
Gelastocoris flavus Guérin-Ménev..., 1844
Gelastocoris fuscus Martin, 1929
Gelastocoris hungerfordi Melin, 1929
Gelastocoris major Montandon, 1910Woollyleaf manzanita
Gelastocoris nebulosus Guérin-Ménev..., 1844
Gelastocoris oculatus Fabricius, 1798Big-Eyed Toad Bug
Hesperocorixa lucida Abbott, 1916
Heterocorixa hesperia Hungerford, 1948
Heterocorixa westermanni Lundblad, 1934
Lethocerus (Lethocerus) annulipes Herrich-Scha..., 1845
Lethocerus (Lethocerus) medius Guérin-Ménev..., 1857
Lethocerus delpontei De Carlo, 1930
Lethocerus grandis Linnaeus, 1758
Lethocerus maximus De Carlo, 1938Giant water bug
Lethocerus melloleitaoi De Carlo, 1933
Limnocoris abrasum Nieser, Gonz..., 1993
Limnocoris angulatus Nieser, Gonz..., 1993
Limnocoris borellii Montandon, 1897Sand mesa manzanita
Limnocoris bouvieri Montandon, 1898Bonny Doon manzanita
Limnocoris calii Nieser, Gonz..., 1993
Limnocoris chaetocarinatus Rodrigues & ..., 2019
Limnocoris dubiosus Montandon, 1898Bonny Doon manzanita
Limnocoris exogkoma Manzano & al., 1995
Limnocoris gracilis Nieser, Gonz..., 1993
Limnocoris maculatus De Carlo, 1951
Limnocoris malkini La Rivers, 1974
Limnocoris obscurus Montandon, 1908Bonny Doon manzanita
Limnocoris ochraceus Montandon, 1898Bonny Doon manzanita
Limnocoris pallescens Stål, 1861
Limnocoris peruvianus Melin, 1928
Limnocoris pusillus Montandon, 1897Sand mesa manzanita
Limnocoris stali Montandon, 1909
Martarega awa Padila-Gil, 2010Purple prairie clover
Martarega brasiliensis Truxal, 1949Gray's angelica
Martarega chinai Hynes, 1948
Martarega guajira Barbosa, Nes..., 2015
Martarega hondurensis Bare, 1932
Martarega hungerfordi Truxal, 1949Gray's angelica
Martarega lofoides Padila-Gil, 2010Purple prairie clover
Martarega membranacea White, 1879
Martarega pacifica del Rosario ..., 1995
Martarega williamsi Truxal, 1949Gray's angelica
Neoplea hyaloderma Cook, Mondra..., 2020
Neoplea lingula Roback & Nieser, 1974
Neoplea maculosa Berg, 1879
Neoplea melanosoma Cook, Mondra..., 2020
Neoplea semipicta Horváth, 1918
Neoplea tenuistyla Roback & Nieser, 1974
Neosigara akanthinomeros Padilla Gil ..., 1994
Neosigara aristera Nieser & Pad..., 1992
Neosigara columbiensis Lundblad, 1928
Neosigara murilloi Hungerford, 1948
Neosigara paramo Tinerella & ..., 2006
Neosigara sterea Nieser & Pad..., 1992
Nerthra amplicollis Stål, 1854
Nerthra ater Melin, 1928
Nerthra ecuadorensis Melin, 1929
Nerthra fuscipes Guérin-Ménev..., 1843Toad bug
Nerthra lata Montandon, 1899
Nerthra montandoni Melin, 1928
Nerthra nepaeformis Fabricius, 1775
Nerthra ranina Herrich-Scha..., 1853Zebra sole
Nerthra raptoria Fabricius, 1803
Nerthra rugosa Desjardins, 1837
Nerthra tenebrosa Todd, 1955Slender dwarf-flax
Nerthra terrestris Kevan, 1948
Notonecta (Bichromonecta) shooteri (Uhler, 1894)⇒ Notonecta shooterii Uhler, 1894
Notonecta (Paranecta) indica Linnaeus, 1771Backswimmer
Notonecta (Paranecta) undulata Say, 1832Backswimmer
Notonecta colombiana Hungerford, 1933
Notonecta disturbata Hungerford &..., 1926Black oak
Notonecta melaena Kirkaldy, 1897Beach saltbush
Notonecta mexicana Uhler, 1894Bluenose Shiner
Notonecta ochrothoe Kirkaldy, 1897Beach saltbush
Ocyochterus irmae D.Polhemus &..., 2014
Ocyochterus victor Bolívar, 1879
Orocorixa makrocheira Nieser & Pad..., 1992
Palmacorixa buenoi Abbott, 1913
Paraplea puella Barber, 1923Minute Backswimmer
Paratrephes hintoni China, 1940
Pelocoris binotulatus Stål, 1860
Pelocoris impicticollis Stål, 1876
Pelocoris politus Montandon, 1897Sand mesa manzanita
Procryphocricos perplexus Polhemus, 1991
Ramphocorixa acuminata Uhler, 1897
Ramphocorixa rotundocephala Hungerford, 1927
Ranatra doesburgi De Carlo, 1963
Ranatra macrophthalma Herrich-Scha..., 1849
Ranatra mixta Montandon, 1907
Ranatra parvula Kuitert, 1949
Ranatra sarmientoi De Carlo, 1967
Ranatra zeteki Drake & Does..., 1966
Sigara (Vermicorixa) alternata Say, 1825
Telmatotrephes sculpticollis Stål, 1854
Tenagobia aconita Nieser, 1977
Tenagobia incerta Lundblad, 1928
Tenagobia lundbladi Nieser, 1977
Tenagobia schadei Lundblad, 1928
Tenagobia selecta White, 1879
Tenagobia socialis White, 1879
Tenagobia spinifera Nieser, 1970
Tenagobia testacea Nieser, 1977
Trichocorixa arizonensis Sailer, 1948Anil de pasto
Trichocorixa macroceps Kirkaldy, 1908
Trichocorixa orinocoensis Sailer, 1948Anil de pasto
Trichocorixa reticulata Guérin-Ménev..., 1857Water boatman

Subnodes of Nepomorpha with occurrences in Colombia
SuperfamilyAphelocheiroidea
Hebsgaard, Andersen & Damgaard, 2004
1
1
0
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCorixoidea
Enderlein, 1912
water boatmen
2
13
28
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyNaucoroidea
Leach, 1815
1
8
31
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyNepoidea
Latreille, 1802
2
7
41
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyNotonectoidea
Latreille, 1802
back swimmers, backswimmers
3
6
43
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyOchteroidea
Kirkaldy, 1906
2
4
20
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



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