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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
999
17279
73737
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
994
17258
73681
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
883
16814
72502
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
195
2409
7341
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
144
2138
6625
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs
56
767
2304
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Nepomorpha
Popov, 1971
Aquatic bugs, True water bugs, Water bugs
8
38
141
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for West Europe
8 Families width 141 Species and 12 Subspecies
Corixidae Leach, 1815Lesser Water-Boatman64SpeciesTaxom
Notonectidae Latreille, 1802Back Swimmers34SpeciesTaxom
Aphelocheiridae Fieber, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Belostomatidae Leach, 1815Alligator ticks9SpeciesTaxom
Naucoridae Leach, 1815Creeping water bug6SpeciesTaxom
Nepidae Latreille, 1802Back-swimmer Water-boatmen10SpeciesTaxom
Micronectidae Jaczewski, 1924Pygmy water boatmen12SpeciesTaxom
Pleidae Fieber, 1817Pigmy backswimmers5SpeciesTaxom


Genera for West Europe
38 Genera with 141 Species
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Agraptocorixa Kirkaldy, 19222SpeciesTaxom
Anisops Spinola, 1851Common backswimmer16SpeciesTaxom
Aphelocheirus Westwood, 19821SpeciesTaxom
Appasus Amyot & Serv..., 18031SpeciesTaxom
Arctocorisa Wallengren, 1876Water boatman4SpeciesTaxom
Asiopompus Sharov, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Belostoma Latreille, 1847giant water bug6SpeciesTaxom
Buenoa Kirkaldy, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Callicorixa White, 18656SpeciesTaxom
Corisa Glaenocorisa..., 18485SpeciesTaxom
Corixa Geoffroy, 18487SpeciesTaxom
Cymatia Flor, 18644SpeciesTaxom
Enithares Spinola, 19682SpeciesTaxom
Glaenocorisa Thomson, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Heliocorisa Lundblad, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Hesperocorixa Kirkaldy, 18485SpeciesTaxom
Ilyocoris Stål, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Laccocoris Stål, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Laccotrephes Stål, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Lethocerus Mayr, 1855Giant Water Bug1SpeciesTaxom
Limnocoris Stål, 1858
0SpeciesTaxom
Micronecta Kirkaldy, 192912SpeciesTaxom
Naucoris Geoffroy, 17984SpeciesTaxom
Nepa Linnaeus, 19288SpeciesTaxom
Notonecta Linnaeus, 1758Back-Swimmer15SpeciesTaxom
Nychia Stål, 18721SpeciesTaxom
Paracorixa Stichel, 18482SpeciesTaxom
Paraplea Esaki & China, 18552SpeciesTaxom
Parasigara Poisson, 18482SpeciesTaxom
Pelocoris Stål, 1876
0SpeciesTaxom
Picrops La Rivers, 20171SpeciesTaxom
Plea Leach, 04SpeciesTaxom
Ranatra Fabricius, 1903Water scorpions2SpeciesTaxom
Sigara Fabricius, 186028SpeciesTaxom
Trichocorixa Kirkaldy, 18572SpeciesTaxom
Tropocorixa Hutchinson, 1940
0SpeciesTaxom
Vendeenympha Engel & Perr..., 20141SpeciesTaxom
Zaitha Amyot & Serv..., 18431SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West Europe
141 Species and 12 Subspecies
Agraptocorixa eurynome Kirkaldy, 1897
Agraptocorixa parvipunctata Hale, 1922
Anisops aglaia Hutchinson, 1929
Anisops canaliculatus Brooks, 1951
Anisops elstoni Brooks, 1951
Anisops gracilis (Hutchinson, 1927)⇒ Anisops varia Fieber, 1851
Anisops gratus Hale, 1923
Anisops nasutus Fieber, 1851
Anisops paraexigerus Lansbury, 1964
Anisops praetexta (Hutchinson, 1929)⇒ Anisops varia Fieber, 1851
Anisops privasensis Nel & Paicheler, 1992
Anisops psyche (Hutchinson, 1928)⇒ Anisops varia Fieber, 1851
Anisops sardea (Herrich-Schä..., 1850)⇒ Anisops sardeus Herrich-Scha..., 1849
Anisops sardeus (Herrich-Scha..., 1849)⇒ Anisops varia Fieber, 1851
Anisops stali Kirkaldy, 1904Bluegreen saltbush
Anisops thienemanni Lundblad, 1933
Anisops varia Fieber, 1851
Anisops varius (Fieber, 1851)⇒ Anisops varia Fieber, 1851
Aphelocheirus (Aphelocheirus) aestivalis Fabricius, 1..., 1982
Appasus nepoides Fabricius, 1803
Arctocorisa carinata C. R. Sahlberg, 1819Yellow stingbush
Arctocorisa carinata carinata Sahlberg, 1819
Arctocorisa germari Fieber, 1848
Arctocorisa sutilis Uhler, 1876
Asiopompus tomicus A. G. Sharov, 1961
Belostoma asiaticum Mayr, 1863
Belostoma bifoveolatum Spinola, 1852Japanese killifish
Belostoma dentatum Montandon, 1903
Belostoma flumineum Say, 1832Giant water bug
Belostoma gestroi Montandon, 1900
Belostoma testaceum Leidy, 1847
Buenoa limnocastoris Hungerford, 1923
Callicorixa audeni Hungerford, 1928Auden´s Waterboatman
Callicorixa concinna Fieber, 1848
Callicorixa praeusta Fieber, 1848
Callicorixa praeusta praeusta Fieber, 1848
Callicorixa producta Reuter, 1880Black oak
Callicorixa wollastoni Douglas & Scott, 1865
Corisa concinna Fieber, 1848
Corisa distincta Fieber, 1848
Corisa falleni Fieber, 1848
Corisa linnaei Fieber, 1848
Corisa moesta Fieber, 1848
Corixa affinis Leach, 1817
Corixa dentipes Thomson, 1869
Corixa dorsalis Leach, 1817
Corixa panzeri Fieber, 1848Macoun's heterocladium moss
Corixa pullus C. von Heyden, 1859
Corixa punctata Illiger, 1807Common Water Boatman
Corixa sahlbergi Fieber, 1848
Cymatia bonsdorffi C. Sahlberg C., 1819
Cymatia bonsdorffii C. R. Sahlberg, 1819
Cymatia coleoptrata Fabricius, 1777
Cymatia rogenhoferi Fieber, 1864
Enithares hackeri Hungerford, 1940
Enithares woodwardi Lansbury, 1968
Glaenocorisa propinqua Fieber, 1861
Heliocorisa vermiculata Puton, 1874
Hesperocorixa castanea Thomson, 1869
Hesperocorixa kennicotti Uhler, 1897
Hesperocorixa linnaei Fieber, 1848
Hesperocorixa moesta Fieber, 1848
Hesperocorixa sahlbergi Fieber, 1848
Ilyocoris cimicoides Scott, 1874Saucer Bug
Ilyocoris cimicoides cimicoides Linnaeus, 1758
Laccocoris limigenus (Stål, 1865)⇒ Naucoris obscuratus Montandon, 1913
Laccotrephes fabricii Stål, 1868
Lethocerus collossicus Stål, 1855
Micronecta (Dichaetonecta) scholtzi Fieber, 1860
Micronecta (Micronecta) griseola Horváth, 1899
Micronecta (Micronecta) leucocephala Spinola, 1837
Micronecta (Micronecta) minuscula Poisson, 1929
Micronecta (Micronecta) minutissima Linnaeus, 1758
Micronecta (Micronecta) poweri Douglas & Scott, 1869Lesser rushy milkvetch
Micronecta citharista
Micronecta gorogaiqua Hutchinson, 1929
Micronecta meridionalis (Costa, 1862)⇒ Micronecta poweri Douglas & Scott, 1869
Micronecta scutellaris (Stål, 1858)⇒ Sigara scutellaris Stål, 1858
Micronecta uvarovi Jaczewski, 1926
Micronecta winifreda Hutchinson, 1929
Naucoris congrex Stål, 1876
Naucoris crassus L. Piton, 1935
Naucoris maculatus Stål, 1876
Naucoris maculatus maculatus Fabricius, 1798
Nepa cimicoides Linnaeus, 1758
Nepa cinerea Linnaeus, 1758Gray bushmallow
Nepa cinerea cinerea Linné, 1758
Nepa monteilsensi Nel, 1988
Nepa monteilsensis A. Nel, 1988
Nepa naucoris De Geer, 1773
Nepa rubra (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Nepa cinerea Linnaeus, 1758
Nepa sardiniensis Hungerford &..., 1928
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) meridionalis Poisson, 1926
Notonecta (Notonecta) obliqua Thunberg, 1787
Notonecta (Notonecta) reuteri Hungerford, 1758
Notonecta reuteri reuteri Hungerford, 1928
Notonecta (Notonecta) viridis Delcourt, 1909
Notonecta (Paranecta) insulata Kirby, 1837
Notonecta (Paranecta) lunata Hungerford, 1926Black oak
Notonecta (Paranecta) undulata Say, 1832Backswimmer
Notonecta arvernica Piton, 1942
Notonecta cantalensis Nel & Paicheler, 1992
Notonecta minutissima Linnaeus, 1758
Nychia marshalli Scott, 1872
Paracorixa concinna Fieber, 1848
Paracorixa concinna concinna Fieber, 1848
Paraplea brunni Kirkaldy, 1898Hairlip redhorse
Paraplea pullula Stål, 1855
Parasigara perdubia Rey, 1894
Parasigara transversa Fieber, 1848
Picrops tuberculatus Sites, Rodri..., 2017
Plea (Plea) minutissima Leach, 1817
Plea minutissima minutissima Leach, 1817
Plea leachi (McGregor & K..., 1899)⇒ Paracorixa concinna Fieber, 1848
Plea leachii
Ranatra (Ranatra) linearis Linnaeus, 1758Water Stick Insect
Ranatra dispar Montandon, 1903Needle Bug
Sigara (Arctosigara) decoratella Hungerford, 1926
Sigara (Halicorixa) selecta Fieber, 1848
Sigara (Halicorixa) stagnalis Leach, 1817
Sigara stagnalis stagnalis Leach, 1818
Sigara (Lasiosigara) trilineata Provancher, 1872
Sigara (Microsigara) hellensii C.Sahlberg, 1819
Sigara (Phaeosigara) mississippiensis Hungerford, 1942American chestnut
Sigara (Phaeosigara) zimmermanni Fieber, 1851
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) servadeii Tamanini, 1965
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 (Tropocorixa) australis Fieber, 1851
Sigara (Tropocorixa) sublaevifrons Hale, 1922
Sigara (Tropocorixa) truncatipala Hale, 1922
Sigara (Vermicorixa) alternata Say, 1825
Sigara (Vermicorixa) lateralis Leach, 1817
Sigara scholtzi Fieber, 1860
Trichocorixa borealis Sailer, 1948Anil de pasto
Trichocorixa reticulata Guérin-Ménev..., 1857Water boatman
Vendeenympha gravesi Engel & Perr..., 2014
Zaitha stollii Amyot & Audi..., 1843

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

Taxom

SuperfamilyCorixoidea
Enderlein, 1912
water boatmen
2
16
76
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyNaucoroidea
Leach, 1815
1
6
6
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyNepoidea
Latreille, 1802
2
7
19
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyNotonectoidea
Latreille, 1802
back swimmers, backswimmers
2
8
39
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyOchteroidea
Kirkaldy, 1906
0
0
0
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



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