Curicta (genus)

Curicta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Hemiptera
Family:Nepidae
Genus:Curicta
Stål, 1861

Curicta is a genus of waterscorpions in the family Nepidae native to freshwater habitats in the Americas. There are more than 15 species, with most restricted to South America.[1][2] There are only two species in the United States: C. pronotata (Arizona to Texas) and C. scorpio (Louisiana and Texas).[1]

Species

There are more than 15 species in the genus Curicta,[1][2] including:

Data sources: i = ITIS,[3] c = Catalogue of Life,[4] g = GBIF,[5] b = Bugguide.net[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Keffer, S.L. (1996). "Systematics of the New World Waterscorpion Genus Curicta Stål (Heteroptera: Nepidae)". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 104 (3–4): 117–215.
  2. 1 2 Heckman, C.W. (2011). Encyclopedia of South American Aquatic Insects: Hemiptera - Heteroptera. Springer. pp. 356–367. ISBN 978-94-007-0704-7.
  3. ↑ "Curicta Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  4. ↑ "Browse Curicta". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  5. ↑ "Curicta". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  6. ↑ "Curicta Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-05.

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
  • Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian, eds. (1995). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, vol. 1: Enicocephalomorpha, Dipsocoromorpha, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha and Leptopodomorpha. The Netherlands Entomological Society. ISBN 90-71912-12-4.
  • Blatchley, W.S. (1926). Heteroptera, or true bugs of eastern North America, with especial reference to the faunas of Indiana and Florida. Nature Publishing. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.6871.
  • Henry, Thomas J.; Froeschner, Richard C., eds. (1988). Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States. E. J. Brill. ISBN 0-916846-44-X.
  • Walker, Francis (1871). Catalogue of the Specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the Collection of the British Museum, pt. IV. British Museum. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.9254.


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