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Checklist for Superfamily Notonectoidea Latreille, 1802 (back swimmers)
and region Africa (Continents)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
943
36180
241410
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
939
36100
241106
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
896
35668
239021
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
209
5311
23131
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
152
4750
20612
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs
70
1638
6830
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Nepomorpha
Popov, 1971
Aquatic bugs, True water bugs, Water bugs
10
67
499
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Notonectoidea
Latreille, 1802
Back swimmers, Backswimmers
3
16
146
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Africa
3 Families width 146 Species and 56 Subspecies
Notonectidae Latreille, 1802Back Swimmers116SpeciesTaxom
Helotrephidae Esaki & China, 1927Beetle backswimmers24SpeciesTaxom
Pleidae Fieber, 1817Pigmy backswimmers6SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Africa
16 Genera with 146 Species
Anisops Spinola, 1933Common backswimmer106SpeciesTaxom
Buenoa Kirkaldy, 1904
0SpeciesTaxom
Enithares Spinola, 188223SpeciesTaxom
Esakiella China, 198129SpeciesTaxom
Helotrephes Stål, 1859
0SpeciesTaxom
Idiocoris Ishihara, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Limnotrephes Esaki & China, 19501SpeciesTaxom
Neonychia Hungerford, 19513SpeciesTaxom
Notonecta Linnaeus, 1933Back-Swimmer21SpeciesTaxom
Nychia Stål, 18725SpeciesTaxom
Paralimnotrephes Poisson, 19501SpeciesTaxom
Paranychia Hungerford, 19461SpeciesTaxom
Paraplea Esaki & China, 18553SpeciesTaxom
Paskia Esaki & China, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Plea Leach, 18555SpeciesTaxom
Pseudohydrotrephes Poisson, 19561SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Africa
146 Species and 56 Subspecies
Anisops adonis Hutchinson, 1928
Anisops aglaia Hutchinson, 1929
Anisops aldabrana Distant, 1913
Anisops alluaudi Poisson, 1945Fourwing saltbush
Anisops amaisi Poisson, 1953
Anisops amaryllis Hutchinson, 1928
Anisops aphrodite Kirkaldy, 1900Thinleaf fourwing saltbush
Anisops apicalis Stål, 1855
Anisops apicalis apicalis
Anisops apicalis brooksi Poisson, 1954
Anisops apicalis hungerfordi Poisson, 1935
Anisops ares (Hutchinson, 1928)⇒ Anisops varia Fieber, 1851
Anisops ares ares Poisson, 1928
Anisops ares coxalis Poisson, 1928
Anisops ariva Lansbury, 1966San Juan milkvetch
Anisops arnoldi (Truxal, 1990)⇒ Anisops hancocki murati Poisson, 1939
Anisops balcis (Hutchinson, 1930)⇒ Anisops varia Fieber, 1851
Anisops balcis balcis Hutchinson, 1930
Anisops balcis damasi Poisson, 1949
Anisops balcis zerafi Poisson, 1951
Anisops canariensis Noualhier, 1893
Anisops canariensis canariensis
Anisops canariensis perplexa Poisson, 1929
Anisops ciliatus Stål, 1868
Anisops coutierei Brooks, 1951
Anisops damasi Poisson, 1949
Anisops debilis (Gerstaecker, 1873)⇒ Anisops varia Fieber, 1851
Anisops debilis canariensis Noualhier, 1893
Anisops debilis debilis Gerstaecker, 1873
Anisops debilis perplexus Poisson, 1929
Anisops debilis sudanica Lansbury, 1963
Anisops decipiens Hutchinson, 1930Truncate saxicave
Anisops edepol Kirkaldy, 1899Lindley's saltbush
Anisops elegans Fieber, 1852
Anisops eros Hutchinson, 1928
Anisops gobana Poisson, 1940
Anisops gracilis (Hutchinson, 1927)⇒ Anisops varia Fieber, 1851
Anisops graciloides (Brookes, 1951)⇒ Anisops varia Fieber, 1851
Anisops grandis Poisson, 1937
Anisops hackeri Brooks, 1951
Anisops hancocki (Hutchinson, 1928)⇒ Anisops varia Fieber, 1851
Anisops hancocki hancocki Hutchinson, 1928
Anisops hancocki murati Poisson, 1939
Anisops hoggarica Poisson, 1929
Anisops hungerfordi Poisson, 1935
Anisops hutchinsoni
Anisops hypatia (Hutchinson, 1929)⇒ Anisops varia Fieber, 1851
Anisops hypatria
Anisops jaczewskii (Hutchinson, 1928)⇒ Anisops varia Fieber, 1851
Anisops kampalensis Hutchinson, 1928
Anisops komghai Reichart, 1980Sculptureless verticord
Anisops krugeri (Poisson, 1956)⇒ Anisops varia Fieber, 1851
Anisops lamottei Poisson, 1949Fourwing saltbush
Anisops lanceolata Poisson, 1949Fourwing saltbush
Anisops lanceolata lanceolata Poisson, 1949
Anisops lanceolata soudani Poisson, 1951
Anisops leesoniana Hutchinson, 1929
Anisops lestoni Lansbury, 1968
Anisops letitia (Hutchinson, 1929)⇒ Anisops varia Fieber, 1851
Anisops londti (Truxal, 1990)⇒ Anisops varia Fieber, 1851
Anisops madagascarensis Poisson, 1935
Anisops magnadens Reichart, 1979
Anisops majiensis Brooks, 1951
Anisops mauricensis Poisson, 1945
Anisops merinana Poisson, 1951
Anisops meulenaerei Poisson, 1940
Anisops milloti Poisson, 1948
Anisops mosendana Poisson, 1949Fourwing saltbush
Anisops murati (Poisson, 1939)⇒ Anisops hancocki murati Poisson, 1939
Anisops nasutus Fieber, 1851
Anisops niveus Fabricius, 1775
Anisops parvula Brooks, 1952Furrow shipworm
Anisops pellucens Poisson, 1937Truncate saxicave
Anisops pellucens grandis Poisson, 1937
Anisops pellucens pellucens Gerstaecker, 1873
Anisops pellucens rubroscutellatus Poisson, 1937
Anisops pellucens splendidus Hutchinson, 1930
Anisops perplexa Poisson, 1929
Anisops poissoni Lansbury, 1961
Anisops poweri (Hutchinson, 1929)⇒ Anisops varia Fieber, 1851
Anisops praetexta (Hutchinson, 1929)⇒ Anisops varia Fieber, 1851
Anisops pseudotuberculatus Poisson, 1955
Anisops psyche (Hutchinson, 1928)⇒ Anisops varia Fieber, 1851
Anisops pugnax Poisson, 1945Fourwing saltbush
Anisops pugnax dorfui Poisson, 1955
Anisops pugnax pugnax Poisson, 1945
Anisops robusta Hutchinson, 1930Truncate saxicave
Anisops sardea (Herrich-Schä..., 1850)⇒ Anisops sardeus Herrich-Scha..., 1849
Anisops sardeus (Herrich-Scha..., 1849)⇒ Anisops varia Fieber, 1851
Anisops sardeus madagascariensis Poisson, 1937
Anisops sardeus sardeus Herrich-Scha..., 1849
Anisops scutellata
Anisops semita (Brooks, 1951)⇒ Anisops semitus Brooks, 1951
Anisops semitus Brooks, 1951
Anisops sikoroensis Brooks, 1951
Anisops spinosus Lansbury, 1961
Anisops stali Kirkaldy, 1904Bluegreen saltbush
Anisops tanalensis Brooks, 1951
Anisops tuberculatus Poisson, 1928Spring cavefishes
Anisops varia Fieber, 1851
Anisops varius (Fieber, 1851)⇒ Anisops varia Fieber, 1851
Anisops villiersi Poisson, 1951
Anisops vitrea Signoret, 1861Fourwing saltbush
Anisops vitrea mauricensis Poisson, 1945
Anisops vitrea vitrea Signoret, 1860
Anisops worthingtoni Jaczewski, 1933
Enithares blandula Signoret, 1860
Enithares chinai (Jaczewski, 1927)⇒ Enithares glauca Bolivar, 1879
Enithares cincta Gerstaecker, 1873
Enithares compacta Gerstaecker, 1892
Enithares concolor Fieber, 1852
Enithares congoensis Brooks, 1948
Enithares daigrei Poisson, 1936
Enithares glauca Bolivar, 1879
Enithares jeanneli Poisson, 1935
Enithares loria Brooks, 1948
Enithares luanzae Poisson & Sa..., 1969
Enithares maculata Distant, 1879
Enithares madagascariensis Poisson, 1948
Enithares milloti Poisson, 1948
Enithares pellucida Brooks, 1948
Enithares perseus Hutchinson, 1930Truncate saxicave
Enithares rhodopis Hutchinson, 1928
Enithares sobria Stål, 1855Springfishes
Enithares sobria danae Hutchinson, 1929
Enithares sobria kamandei Poisson, 1949
Enithares sobria sobria
Enithares transvaalensis (Poisson, 1956)⇒ Enithares glauca Bolivar, 1879
Enithares vflavum Reuter, 1882Jawleaf lupine
Esakiella (Esakiella) eremita Poisson, 1950
Esakiella (Esakiella) hutchinsoni Poisson, 1950
Esakiella hutchinsoni balengei Poisson, 1950
Esakiella hutchinsoni bunyonica China, 1935
Esakiella hutchinsoni hutchinsoni China, 1935
Esakiella (Esakiella) nairobi Poisson, 1950
Esakiella (Esakielloides) milloti Poisson, 1950
Esakiella (Megaesakiella) marlieri Poisson, 1960
Esakiella marlieri marlieri Poisson, 1960
Esakiella marlieri uvirae Poisson, 1964
Esakiella acuminata Zettel & Pap..., 2004
Esakiella buea Linnavuori, 1981
Esakiella chinai Poisson, 1951
Esakiella chinai chinai Poisson, 1951
Esakiella chinai flavicollis Poisson, 1951
Esakiella didyi Poisson, 1951
Esakiella gereckei Zettel & Pap..., 2004
Esakiella goldschmidti Zettel & Pap..., 2004
Esakiella hancocki China, 1930
Esakiella hungerfordi Poisson, 1949Fourwing saltbush
Esakiella hungerfordi congoensis Poisson, 1949
Esakiella hungerfordi hungerfordi Esaki and China, 1928
Esakiella hungerfordi ugandensis China, 1935
Esakiella madli group Zettel..., 2004
Esakiella mutsoriai Poisson, 1951
Esakiella nimbae Poisson, 1954
Esakiella rivularius Linnavuori, 1971
Esakiella starmuehlneri Zettel & Pap..., 2004
Esakiella wenchiana Linnavuori, 1981
Idiocoris lithophilus Esaki & China, 1927
Limnotrephes stuckenbergi Poisson, 1950
Neonychia congoensis Hungerford, 1946Spathate shipworm
Neonychia congoensis congoensis Hungerford, 1946
Neonychia congoensis soudani Poisson, 1951
Notonecta (Notonecta) borealis Hussey, 1919Mountain alder
Notonecta (Notonecta) canariensis Kirkaldy, 1897Beach saltbush
Notonecta (Notonecta) glauca Linnaeus, 1758Common Backswimmer
Notonecta glauca glauca Linné, 1758
Notonecta glauca hybrida Poisson, 1933
Notonecta glauca rufescens Poisson, 1933
Notonecta (Notonecta) maculata (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Notonecta lunata Hungerford, 1926
Notonecta maculata fulva Fuente, 1898
Notonecta maculata maculata
Notonecta (Notonecta) meridionalis Poisson, 1926
Notonecta obliqua meridionalis Poisson, 1926
Notonecta (Notonecta) pallidula Poisson, 1926
Notonecta (Notonecta) viridis Delcourt, 1909
Notonecta viridis mediterranea Hutchinson, 1928
Notonecta viridis viridis
Notonecta (Paranecta) kirbyi Hungerford, 1925
Notonecta (Paranecta) lunata Hungerford, 1926Black oak
Notonecta (Paranecta) undulata Say, 1832Backswimmer
Notonecta horvathi Esaki, 1927
Notonecta lactitans Kirkaldy, 1897Beach saltbush
Notonecta meinertzhageni Poisson, 1933
Nychia limpida Stål, 1860
Nychia marshalli Scott, 1872
Nychia marshalli bantu Hutchinson, 1929
Nychia marshalli horvathi Lundblad, 1933
Nychia marshalli marshalli Scott, 1872
Paralimnotrephes villiersi Poisson, 1950
Paranychia congoensis Hungerford, 1946
Paraplea piccanina Hutchinson, 1929Sibling yoldia
Paraplea puella Barber, 1923Minute Backswimmer
Paraplea pullula Stål, 1855
Paskia minutissima Esaki & China, 1927
Plea (Plea) minutissima Leach, 1817
Plea minutissima minutissima Leach, 1817
Plea minutissima tassilii Poisson, 1953
Plea piccanina Hutchinson, 1925
Plea pullula Stal, 1855
Pseudohydrotrephes moramongae Poisson, 1956

Subnodes of Notonectoidea with occurrences in Africa
FamilyHelotrephidae
Esaki & China, 1927
beetle backswimmers
7
24
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyNotonectidae
Latreille, 1802
Back Swimmers, Backswimers, Backswimmers, Greater water boatman, Water Boatman
7
116
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPleidae
Fieber, 1817
Pigmy backswimmers, Pleid water bugs, Pygmy backswimmers
2
6
Genera
Species

Taxom



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