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Checklist of Family Notonectidae Latreille, 1802 (Back Swimmers)
for America (Continents)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
1308
49520
421464
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
1302
49454
421283
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
1167
48637
416604
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
256
7283
52243
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
184
6422
45107
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs
72
2377
14872
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Nepomorpha
Popov, 1971
Aquatic bugs, True water bugs, Water bugs
11
99
1135
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Notonectoidea
Latreille, 1802
Back swimmers, Backswimmers
3
14
214
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyNotonectidae
Latreille, 1802
Back Swimmers, Backswimers, Backswimmers, Water Boatman
8
180
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for America
8 Genera with 180 Species
Anisops Spinola, 1851Common backswimmer6SpeciesTaxom
Buenoa Kirkaldy, 201081SpeciesTaxom
Canteronecta Mazzoni, 19851SpeciesTaxom
Enithares Spinola, 19483SpeciesTaxom
Enitharoides Brooks, 20175SpeciesTaxom
Martarega White, 194923SpeciesTaxom
Notonecta Linnaeus, 1933Back-Swimmer75SpeciesTaxom
Paranecta Hutchinson, 19291SpeciesTaxom


Species list for America
180 Species and 11 Subspecies
Anisops ares (Hutchinson, 1928)⇒ Anisops varia Fieber, 1851
Anisops assimilis White, 1878Common backswimmer
Anisops elegans Fieber, 1852
Anisops gracilis (Hutchinson, 1927)⇒ Anisops varia Fieber, 1851
Anisops kuroiwae Matsumura, 1915Backswimmer
Anisops varius (Fieber, 1851)⇒ Anisops varia Fieber, 1851
Buenoa absidiata Truxal, 1953Henderson's angelica
Buenoa albida Champion, 1901
Buenoa alterna Truxal, 1953Henderson's angelica
Buenoa amazona Padilla-Gil, 2003
Buenoa amnigenoidea Nieser, 1970
Buenoa amnigenopsis Nieser, 1975
Buenoa amnigenus White, 1879
Buenoa analoga Padilla-Gil, 2012Bearded prairie clover
Buenoa anomala Padilla-Gil, 2010Purple prairie clover
Buenoa antigone Kirkaldy, 1899
Buenoa arida Truxal, 1953Henderson's angelica
Buenoa arizona
Buenoa arizonis Bare, 1928
Buenoa artafrons Truxal, 1953Henderson's angelica
Buenoa burtsa Padilla-Gil, 2010Purple prairie clover
Buenoa carinata Champion, 1901
Buenoa communis Truxal, 1953Henderson's angelica
Buenoa confusa Truxal, 1953Henderson's angelica
Buenoa crassipes Champion, 1901
Buenoa cucunubensis Padilla-Gil ..., 1992
Buenoa dactylis Padilla-Gil, 2010Purple prairie clover
Buenoa deplanatylus Barbosa & Ne..., 2013
Buenoa dilaticrus Barbosa, Nes..., 2010
Buenoa distincta Truxal, 1953Henderson's angelica
Buenoa doesburgi Nieser, 1968
Buenoa elegans Fieber, 1852
Buenoa excavata Truxal, 1953Henderson's angelica
Buenoa exilidens Barbosa, Nes..., 2010
Buenoa fasciata Nieser, 1970
Buenoa femoralis Fieber, 1851
Buenoa fittkaui Nieser, 1970
Buenoa funensis Padilla-Gil, 2010Purple prairie clover
Buenoa fuscipennis Berg, 1879
Buenoa gracilis Truxal, 1953Henderson's angelica
Buenoa hungerfordi Truxal, 1953Henderson's angelica
Buenoa icai Poisson, 1942
Buenoa ida Kirkaldy, 1904Bluegreen saltbush
Buenoa incompta Truxal, 1953Henderson's angelica
Buenoa koina Nieser & Pelli, 1994
Buenoa konta Nieser & Pelli, 1994
Buenoa limnocastoris Hungerford, 1923
Buenoa machrisi Truxal, 1957
Buenoa macrophthalma Fieber, 1851
Buenoa macrotibialis Hungerford, 1924
Buenoa macrotrichia Truxal, 1953Henderson's angelica
Buenoa margaritacea Torre-Bueno, 1908
Buenoa marki Reichart, 1971Altramuz azul
Buenoa mutabilis Truxal, 1953Henderson's angelica
Buenoa naias Kirkaldy, 1899
Buenoa nieseri Padilla-Gil, 2003
Buenoa nitida Truxal, 1953Henderson's angelica
Buenoa oculata Truxal, 1953Henderson's angelica
Buenoa omani Truxal, 1953Henderson's angelica
Buenoa oreia Nieser & al., 1997
Buenoa pallens Champion, 1901
Buenoa pallipes Fabricius, 1802Backswimmer
Buenoa paranensis Jaczewski, 1928
Buenoa penta Padilla-Gil, 2012Bearded prairie clover
Buenoa platycnemis Fieber, 1851
Buenoa playtycnemis Fieber, 1851
Buenoa prosthetus Padilla-Gil, 2010Purple prairie clover
Buenoa pseudomutabilis Barbosa, Rib..., 2010
Buenoa rostra Truxal, 1953Henderson's angelica
Buenoa salutis Kirkaldy, 1904Bluegreen saltbush
Buenoa scimitra Bare, 1925
Buenoa serrana Angrisano, 1982
Buenoa similis Roback & Nieser, 1974
Buenoa speciosa Truxal, 1953Henderson's angelica
Buenoa tarsalis Truxal, 1953Henderson's angelica
Buenoa thomasi Truxal, 1953Henderson's angelica
Buenoa tibialis Truxal, 1957
Buenoa titschacki Poisson, 1942
Buenoa titschacki pallidula Poisson, 1942
Buenoa titschacki titschacki Poisson, 1942
Buenoa triangularis Truxal, 1957
Buenoa truxali Nieser, 1968
Buenoa tumaquensis Padilla-Gil, 2010Purple prairie clover
Buenoa uhleri Truxal, 1953Henderson's angelica
Buenoa unguis Truxal, 1953Henderson's angelica
Buenoa uselus Padilla-Gil, 2010Purple prairie clover
Canteronecta irajae A. F. Mazzoni, 1985
Enithares brasiliensis Spinola, 1837
Enithares duidaensis Brooks, 1953
Enithares loria Brooks, 1948
Enitharoides brasiliensis Spinola, 1837
Enitharoides duidaensis Brooks, 1953
Enitharoides lanemeloi Barbosa, Rib..., 2017
Enitharoides lucasduquei Barbosa, Rib..., 2017
Enitharoides tricomerus Barbosa, Rib..., 2017
Martarega awa Padila-Gil, 2010Purple prairie clover
Martarega barcelos Barbosa, Rib..., 2012
Martarega bentoi Truxal, 1949Gray's angelica
Martarega brasiliensis Truxal, 1949Gray's angelica
Martarega chinai Hynes, 1948
Martarega gonostyla Truxal, 1949Gray's angelica
Martarega guajira Barbosa, Nes..., 2015
Martarega guarani Mazzucconi, 2011
Martarega hondurensis Bare, 1932
Martarega hungerfordi Truxal, 1949Gray's angelica
Martarega lofoides Padila-Gil, 2010Purple prairie clover
Martarega mcateei Jaczewski, 1928
Martarega membranacea White, 1879
Martarega mexicana Truxal, 1949Gray's angelica
Martarega nessimiani Barbosa & Ro..., 2013
Martarega nieseri Barbosa, Rib..., 2012
Martarega oriximinaensis Barbosa, Rib..., 2010
Martarega pacifica del Rosario ..., 1995
Martarega pydanieli Barbosa, Rib..., 2012
Martarega siolii Barbosa, Nes..., 2015
Martarega uruguayensis Berg, 1883Lampeyed panchax
Martarega williamsi Truxal, 1949Gray's angelica
Notonecta (Bichromonecta) repanda Hungerford, 1934
Notonecta (Bichromonecta) shooteri (Uhler, 1894)⇒ Notonecta shooterii Uhler, 1894
Notonecta (Erythronecta) hoffmanni (Hungerford, 1925)⇒ Notonecta hoffmani Hungerford, 1925
Notonecta (Erythronecta) lobata Hungerford, 1925
Notonecta (Notonecta) borealis Hussey, 1919Mountain alder
Notonecta (Notonecta) glauca Linnaeus, 1758Common Backswimmer
Notonecta (Notonecta) irrorata Uhler, 1879
Notonecta (Notonecta) lutea Müller, 1776Black crowberry
Notonecta (Notonecta) maculata (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Notonecta lunata Hungerford, 1926
Notonecta (Notonecta) obliqua Thunberg, 1787
Notonecta (Notonecta) viridis Delcourt, 1909
Notonecta (Paranecta) indica Linnaeus, 1771Backswimmer
Notonecta (Paranecta) insulata Kirby, 1837
Notonecta (Paranecta) kirbyi Hungerford, 1925
Notonecta (Paranecta) lunata Hungerford, 1926Black oak
Notonecta (Paranecta) montezuma Kirkaldy, 1897Beach saltbush
Notonecta (Paranecta) petrunkevitchi Hutchinson, 1945Water birch
Notonecta (Paranecta) raleighi Torre-Bueno, 1907
Notonecta (Paranecta) spinosa Hungerford, 1930Interior live oak
Notonecta (Paranecta) uhleri Kirkaldy, 1897Beach saltbush
Notonecta (Paranecta) undulata Say, 1832Backswimmer
Notonecta (Paranecta) unifasciata W. D. Pierce, 1948
Notonecta unifasciata andersoni Hungerford, 1934
Notonecta unifasciata angulata Hungerford, 1933
Notonecta unifasciata cochisiana Hungerford, 1934
Notonecta unifasciata unifasciata Guérin-Ménev..., 1857
Notonecta bicirca Hungerford, 1926Black oak
Notonecta bicircoidea Hungerford, 1928
Notonecta bifasciata Guérin-Ménev..., 1844
Notonecta binuda Lauck, 1960
Notonecta ceres Kirkaldy, 1897Beach saltbush
Notonecta ceres ceres Kirkaldy, 1897
Notonecta ceres rogersi Hungerford, 1932
Notonecta ceres stirtoni Hungerford, 1933
Notonecta colombiana Hungerford, 1933
Notonecta compacta Hungerford, 1925
Notonecta confusa Hungerford, 1930Interior live oak
Notonecta distincta
Notonecta distinctoidea Hungerford &..., 1926Interior live oak
Notonecta disturbata Hungerford &..., 1926Black oak
Notonecta emersoni S. H. Scudder, 1890
Notonecta fazi Hungerford, 1930Interior live oak
Notonecta hintoni Hungerford, 1934
Notonecta hoffmani Hungerford, 1925
Notonecta howardii Torre-Bueno, 1905
Notonecta huincamoreni Bachmann, 1962
Notonecta hungerfordi J.Polhemus, 1993
Notonecta impressa Fieber, 1851
Notonecta inca Mazzucconi, 2000Dwarf prairie clover
Notonecta indicoidea Hungerford, 1927
Notonecta itatiaia Barbosa & Ne..., 2013
Notonecta macrocephala
Notonecta mazzoniae J. F. Petrul..., 2010
Notonecta melaena Kirkaldy, 1897Beach saltbush
Notonecta mexicana Uhler, 1894Bluenose Shiner
Notonecta mexicana creaseri Hungerford, 1932
Notonecta mexicana mexicana Amyot and Se..., 1843
Notonecta minuta Gmelin, 1790
Notonecta minutissima Linnaeus, 1758
Notonecta nigra Fieber, 1852
Notonecta ochrothoe Kirkaldy, 1897Beach saltbush
Notonecta pallipes Fabricius, 1803
Notonecta penecompacta Hungerford, 1938Florida chinkapin
Notonecta penelobata Hungerford, 1938Florida chinkapin
Notonecta peruviana Hungerford, 1933
Notonecta polystolisma Fieber, 1851
Notonecta pulchra Hungerford, 1926Black oak
Notonecta robusta Hungerford, 1932Bluenose Shiner
Notonecta sellata Fieber, 1851
Notonecta shooterii Uhler, 1894
Notonecta thomasi Hungerford, 1937Bigeye jumprock
Notonecta variabilis Fieber, 1852
Notonecta vereertbruggheni Hungerford, 1928
Notonecta virescens Hungerford, 1933

Subnodes of Notonectidae with occurrences in America
SubfamilyAnisopinae
Hutchinson, 1929
2
84
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyNotonectinae
Latreille, 1802
4
95
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Notonectidae (Latreille 1802)
Notonectidae (Latreille 1802)


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