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Checklist for Infraorder Nepomorpha Popov, 1971 (Aquatic bugs)
and region Germany (North Europe)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
876
10995
42130
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
871
10984
42109
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
774
10682
41391
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
177
1487
4213
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
136
1297
3747
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs
53
522
1535
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Nepomorpha
Popov, 1971
Aquatic bugs, True water bugs, Water bugs
8
44
135
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Germany
8 Families width 135 Species and 12 Subspecies
Corixidae Leach, 1815Lesser Water-Boatman59SpeciesTaxom
Notonectidae Latreille, 1802Back Swimmers30SpeciesTaxom
Aphelocheiridae Fieber, 18514SpeciesTaxom
Naucoridae Leach, 1815Creeping water bug12SpeciesTaxom
Belostomatidae Leach, 1815Alligator ticks12SpeciesTaxom
Nepidae Latreille, 1802Back-swimmer Water-boatmen9SpeciesTaxom
Micronectidae (Jaczewski, 1924)Pygmy water boatmen5SpeciesTaxom
Pleidae (Fieber, 1817)Pigmy backswimmers4SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Germany
44 Genera with 135 Species
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Acromocoris Bode, 19922SpeciesTaxom
Anisops Spinola, 1851Common backswimmer7SpeciesTaxom
Aphelocheirus Westwood, 19672SpeciesTaxom
Aphlebocoris Handlirsch, 19212SpeciesTaxom
Apopnus Handlirsch, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Appasus Amyot & Serv..., 18632SpeciesTaxom
Arctocorisa Wallengren, 1848Water boatman2SpeciesTaxom
Atoposita angulosa Jordan, 19671SpeciesTaxom
Belostoma Latreille, 1837giant water bug1SpeciesTaxom
Belostomates Schöberlin, 18652SpeciesTaxom
Belostomum Burmeister, 1839Giant water bug1SpeciesTaxom
Callicorixa White, 18804SpeciesTaxom
Clematina Majer, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Coreoidus latus Jordan, 19671SpeciesTaxom
Corisa Glaenocorisa..., 18485SpeciesTaxom
Corixa Geoffroy, 195017SpeciesTaxom
Cymatia Flor, 18644SpeciesTaxom
Diacorixa Popov, 19891SpeciesTaxom
Diplonychus Laporte, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Glaenocorisa Thomson, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Hesperocorixa Kirkaldy, 18484SpeciesTaxom
Ilyocoris Stål, 18993SpeciesTaxom
Laccotrephes Stål, 19711SpeciesTaxom
Mesobelostomum Haase, 18391SpeciesTaxom
Mesocorixa Hong & Wang, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Mesonepa Handlirsch, 18392SpeciesTaxom
Micronecta Kirkaldy, 18626SpeciesTaxom
Naucoris Geoffroy, 18994SpeciesTaxom
Nepa Linnaeus, 19287SpeciesTaxom
Nettelstedtia Popov & al., 20001SpeciesTaxom
Notonecta Linnaeus, 1971Back-Swimmer20SpeciesTaxom
Notonectites Handlirsch, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Palaeoheteroptera carinata Meu..., 18692SpeciesTaxom
Paracorixa Stichel, 18482SpeciesTaxom
Paraplea Esaki & China, 18552SpeciesTaxom
Pelonecta Popov, 19711SpeciesTaxom
Plea Leach, 18994SpeciesTaxom
Ranatra Fabricius, 1758Water scorpions1SpeciesTaxom
Scarabaeides Germar, 19841SpeciesTaxom
Sideriosemion Bode, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Sigara Fabricius, 186021SpeciesTaxom
Soevenia Statz, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Sphaerodemopsis Handlirsch, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Stygeonepa Popov, 19711SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Germany
135 Species and 12 Subspecies
Acromocoris angustus A. Bode, 1953
Acromocoris similis Y. A. Popov, 1992
Anisops amaisi Poisson, 1953
Anisops deichmuelleri J. V. Deichm..., 1881
Anisops gratus Hale, 1923
Anisops sardeus (Herrich-Scha..., 1849)⇒ Anisops varia Fieber, 1851
Anisops thienemanni Lundblad, 1933
Anisops varia Fieber, 1851
Anisops varius (Fieber, 1851)⇒ Anisops varia Fieber, 1851
Aphelocheirus (Aphelocheirus) aestivalis Fabricius, 1..., 1982
Aphelocheirus (Aphelocheirus) affinis Jordan, 1967
Aphlebocoris nana A. Handlirsch, 1906
Aphlebocoris punctata A. Handlirsch, 1921
Apopnus magniclavus A. Handlirsch, 1921
Appasus urinator Dufour, 1863Fernleaf yellow false foxglove
Appasus urinator urinator Dufour, 1863
Arctocorisa carinata C. R. Sahlberg, 1819Yellow stingbush
Arctocorisa germari Fieber, 1848
Atoposita angulosa K. H. C. Jordan, 1967
Belostoma goldfussii E. F. Germar, 1837
Belostomates speciosa O. Heer, 1865
Belostomates speciosum Heer, 1865
Belostomum elongatum Germar, 1839
Callicorixa concinna Fieber, 1848
Callicorixa praeusta Fieber, 1848
Callicorixa praeusta praeusta Fieber, 1848
Callicorixa producta Reuter, 1880Black oak
Clematina primaeva C. von Heyden, 1859
Coreoidus latus K. H. C. Jordan, 1967
Corisa distincta Fieber, 1848
Corisa falleni Fieber, 1848
Corisa fasciolata Heer, 1853
Corisa linnaei Fieber, 1848
Corisa nigrolineata Fieber, 1848
Corixa affinis Leach, 1817
Corixa dentipes Thomson, 1869
Corixa dorsalis Leach, 1817
Corixa elegans D. H. R. von..., 1894
Corixa fallenii Fieber, 1848
Corixa fasciolata O. Heer, 1853
Corixa fossarum Leach, 1817
Corixa geoffroyi (Leach, 1817)⇒ Corixa punctata Illiger, 1807
Corixa linnei Fieber, 1848
Corixa mortua Weyenbergh, 1869
Corixa panzeri Fieber, 1848Macoun's heterocladium moss
Corixa punctata Illiger, 1807Common Water Boatman
Corixa rhenana G. Statz, 1950
Corixa sahlbergi Fieber, 1848
Corixa striata Geoffroy, 1762
Corixa tegmen
Corixa vidua G. Statz, 1950
Cymatia bonsdorffi C. Sahlberg C., 1819
Cymatia bonsdorffii C. R. Sahlberg, 1819
Cymatia coleoptrata Fabricius, 1777
Cymatia rogenhoferi Fieber, 1864
Diacorixa germanica Y. A. Popov, 1989
Diplonychus rotundatus Heer, 1853
Glaenocorisa propinqua Fieber, 1861
Hesperocorixa castanea Thomson, 1869
Hesperocorixa linnaei Fieber, 1848
Hesperocorixa moesta Fieber, 1848
Hesperocorixa sahlbergi Fieber, 1848
Ilyocoris cimicoides Scott, 1874Saucer Bug
Ilyocoris cimicoides cimicoides Linnaeus, 1758
Ilyocoris rottensis von Schlecht..., 1899
Laccotrephes incertus Y. A. Popov, 1971
Mesobelostomum deperditum Germar, 1839
Mesocorixa tenuielythris H. Weyenbergh, 1869
Mesonepa minor A. Handlirsch, 1906
Mesonepa primordialis E. F. Germar, 1839
Micronecta (Dichaetonecta) scholtzi Fieber, 1860
Micronecta (Micronecta) griseola Horváth, 1899
Micronecta (Micronecta) minutissima Linnaeus, 1758
Micronecta (Micronecta) poweri Douglas & Scott, 1869Lesser rushy milkvetch
Micronecta poweri poweri Douglas & Scott, 1869Zebra hermit
Micronecta meridionalis (Costa, 1862)⇒ Micronecta poweri Douglas & Scott, 1869
Naucoris carinata P. Oppenheim, 1888
Naucoris cimicoides Linnaeus, 1758
Naucoris lapidarius Weyenbergh, 1869
Naucoris rottensis D. von Schle..., 1899
Nepa atavina Heer, 1853
Nepa cimicoides Linnaeus, 1758
Nepa cinerea Linnaeus, 1758Gray bushmallow
Nepa naucoris De Geer, 1773
Nepa primordialis Germar, 1839
Nepa rubra (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Nepa cinerea Linnaeus, 1758
Nepa sardiniensis Hungerford &..., 1928
Nettelstedtia breitkreutzi Y. A. Popov, 2000
Notonecta (Notonecta) canariensis Kirkaldy, 1897Beach saltbush
Notonecta (Notonecta) glauca Linnaeus, 1758Common Backswimmer
Notonecta glauca glauca Linné, 1758
Notonecta (Notonecta) lutea Müller, 1776Black crowberry
Notonecta (Notonecta) maculata (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Notonecta lunata Hungerford, 1926
Notonecta (Notonecta) obliqua Thunberg, 1787
Notonecta (Notonecta) reuteri Hungerford, 1758
Notonecta (Notonecta) viridis Delcourt, 1909
Notonecta (Paranecta) lunata Hungerford, 1926Black oak
Notonecta arabiensis Hungerford, 1925Black oak
Notonecta deichmuelleri von Schlecht..., 1894
Notonecta elterleini Deichmüller, 1886
Notonecta furcata Fabricius, 1794
Notonecta harnacki von Schlecht..., 1894
Notonecta heydeni Deichmüller, 1881
Notonecta jubata von Schlecht..., 1894
Notonecta marmorea (Fabricius, 1803)⇒ Notonecta viridis Delcourt, 1909
Notonecta minutissima Linnaeus, 1758
Notonecta primaeva von Heyden, 1859
Notonecta sieblosensis Martini, 1971
Notonectites elterleini J. V. Deichm..., 1886
Palaeoheteroptera carinata F. Meunier, 1900
Palaeoheteroptera lapidaria H. Weyenbergh, 1869
Paracorixa concinna Fieber, 1848
Paracorixa concinna concinna Fieber, 1848
Paraplea puella Barber, 1923Minute Backswimmer
Paraplea pullula Stål, 1855
Pelonecta solnhofeni Y. A. Popov, 1971
Plea (Plea) minutissima Leach, 1817
Plea minutissima minutissima Leach, 1817
Plea minutissima tassilii Poisson, 1953
Plea leachi (McGregor & K..., 1899)⇒ Paracorixa concinna Fieber, 1848
Ranatra (Ranatra) linearis Linnaeus, 1758Water Stick Insect
Scarabaeides deperditus K. V. Lakshi..., 1984
Sideriosemion punctolineatum A. Bode, 1953
Sigara (Halicorixa) stagnalis Leach, 1817
Sigara stagnalis pontica Jaczewski, 1961
Sigara stagnalis stagnalis Leach, 1818
Sigara (Microsigara) hellensii C.Sahlberg, 1819
Sigara (Pseudovermicorixa) nigrolineata Fieber, 1848
Sigara nigrolineata nigrolineata Fieber, 1848
Sigara (Retrocorixa) limitata Fieber, 1848
Sigara limitata limitata Fieber, 1848
Sigara (Retrocorixa) semistriata Fieber, 1848
Sigara (Retrocorixa) venusta Douglas & Scott, 1869
Sigara (Sigara) dorsalis Leach, 1817
Sigara (Sigara) striata Linnaeus, 1758
Sigara (Subsigara) distincta Fieber, 1848
Sigara (Subsigara) falleni Fieber, 1848
Sigara (Subsigara) fossarum Leach, 1817
Sigara (Subsigara) iactans Jansson, 198..., 1989
Sigara (Subsigara) longipalis J. Sahlberg, 1878
Sigara (Subsigara) scotti Douglas & Scott, 1868Lesser water-boatmen
Sigara (Vermicorixa) lateralis Leach, 1817
Sigara hieroglyphica Dufour, 1833
Sigara scholtzi Fieber, 1860
Soevenia heydeni Deichmüller, 1881
Sphaerodemopsis jurassica P. Oppenheim, 1888
Stygeonepa foersteri Popov, 1971

Subnodes of Nepomorpha with occurrences in Germany
SuperfamilyAphelocheiroidea
Hebsgaard, Andersen & Damgaard, 2004
1
3
4
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyCorixoidea
Enderlein, 1912
water boatmen
2
14
64
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyNaucoroidea
Leach, 1815
1
6
12
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyNepoidea
Latreille, 1802
2
13
21
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyNotonectoidea
Latreille, 1802
back swimmers, backswimmers
2
8
34
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



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