Platyvelia

Platyvelia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Hemiptera
Family:Veliidae
Genus:Platyvelia
J. Polhemus & D. Polhemus, 1993

Platyvelia is a genus of smaller water striders in the family Veliidae. There are about nine described species in Platyvelia.[1][2][3][4]

Species

These nine species belong to the genus Platyvelia:

  • Platyvelia alvaradana (Drake and Hottes, 1952) i c g
  • Platyvelia annulipes (Champion, 1898) i c g
  • Platyvelia beameri (Hungerford, 1929) i c g
  • Platyvelia brachialis (Stål, 1860) i c g b
  • Platyvelia egregia (Drake and Harris, 1935) i c g
  • Platyvelia maritima (J. Polhemus and Manzano, 1992) i c g
  • Platyvelia summersi (Drake, 1951) i c g
  • Platyvelia verana (Drake and Hottes, 1952) i c g
  • Platyvelia verdica (Drake, 1951) i c g

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

References

  1. 1 2 "Platyvelia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  2. 1 2 "Browse Platyvelia". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  3. 1 2 "Platyvelia". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  4. 1 2 "Platyvelia 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.
  • Epler, J.H. (2006). Identification manual for the aquatic and semi-aquatic Heteroptera of Florida. Florida Department of Environmental Protection.
  • 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.
  • Polhemus, John T.; Polhemus, Dan A. (1993). "Two new genera for New World Veliinae (Heteroptera: Veliidae)". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 101 (3): 391–398. ISSN 0028-7199.
  • 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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