Species list, Checklist of Family Veliidae (broad-shouldered bugs) for Ontario (East Canada, Canada)

Ants	Arachnids
Bees	Beetles
Booklice	Bugs
Bumblebees	Butterflies
Cicadas	Crane flies
Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
Locusts	Mantises
Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
Termites	Wasps

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Checklist for Family Veliidae Amyot & Serville, 1843 (broad-shouldered bugs)
and region Ontario (East Canada, Canada)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	577 7616 22760	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	575 7611 22754	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	549 7486 22379	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Paraneoptera Martynov, 1923	105 841 2285	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Hemiptera Linnaeus, 1758 Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs	78 752 2151	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Heteroptera Latreille, 1810 Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs	42 292 660	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Gerromorpha Popov, 1971 Semi-aquatic Bugs, Semiaquatic bugs, Shore-inhabiting bugs	5 13 28	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Gerroidea Leach, 1815	2 9 22	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Veliidae Amyot & Serville, 1843 Broad-shouldered bugs, Broad-shouldered water striders	2 4	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Ontario
2 Genera with 4 Species

Microvelia Westwood, 1834		3	Species	Taxom
Rhagovelia Mayr, 1871		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Ontario
4 Species

Microvelia (Kirkaldya) americana (Uhler, 1884)	⇒ Microvelia gerhardi Hussey, 1924
Microvelia (Microvelia) buenoi Drake, 1920
Microvelia (Microvelia) pulchella Westwood, 1834	Apple of Peru
Rhagovelia (Rhagovelia) obesa Uhler, 1871	Mock bishopweed

Subnodes of Veliidae with occurrences in Ontario

Subfamily	Microveliinae China and Usinger, 1949	1 3	Genus Species	Taxom
Subfamily	Rhagoveliinae China and Usinger, 1949	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Veliidae at artfakta.se
Veliidae at dyntaxa.se
Veliidae at gbif.org
Veliidae at irmng.org
Veliidae at itis.gov
Veliidae at marinespecies.org