Metrobates

Metrobates
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Hemiptera
Family:Gerridae
Subfamily:Trepobatinae
Genus:Metrobates
Uhler, 1871
Synonyms[1]
  • Trepobatopsis Champion, 1898

Metrobates is a genus of water striders in the family Gerridae. There are about seven described species in Metrobates.[1][2][3][4]

Species

These seven species belong to the genus Metrobates:

  • Metrobates alacris Drake, 1955 i c g
  • Metrobates anomalus Hussey, 1948 i c g
  • Metrobates artus Anderson, 1932 i c g
  • Metrobates denticornis (Champion, 1898) i c g
  • Metrobates hesperius Uhler, 1871 i c g b
  • Metrobates trux (Torre-bueno, 1921) i c g b
  • Metrobates tumidus Anderson, 1932 g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Metrobates Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  2. 1 2 "Browse Metrobates". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  3. 1 2 "Metrobates". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  4. 1 2 "Metrobates Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-06.

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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