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Gerridae

[′jer·ə‚dē]
(invertebrate zoology)
The water striders, a family of hemipteran insects in the subdivision Amphibicorisae having long middle and hind legs and a median scent gland opening on the metasternum.
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Polhemus, "Water-striders (Hemiptera: Gerridae, Veliidae, etc.)," in Marine Insects, L.
A Study of the Distributions of Two Endangered Sea Skaters Halobates matsumurai Esaki and Asclepios shiranui (Esaki) (Hemiptera: Gerridae: Halobatinae) with Special Reference to Their Strategies to Cope with Tidal Currents
"I wrote Gerridae about my transition from a young woman to an adult, the feeling of having to follow others to be successful, not trusting in yourself and trying to fit in to society during this awkward period," she said.
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Genus Trepobates Herrich-Schaeffer (Hemiptera: Gerridae).
Nuevos registros de chinches patinadores (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerridae) en Nicaragua y registros adicionales para Costa Rica
Los insectos de la familia Gerridae son reconocidos por su habilidad para patinar sobre el agua y por encontrarse sobre los sistemas acuaticos loticos y lenticos, habitando estanques, lagos, rios y quebradas, con un considerable numero de especies que se encuentran en ambientes marinos (ANDERSEN, 1982).
Nueva especie de Potamobates champion, 1898 (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerridae: Cylindrostethinae) del Pacifico Colombiano
A phylogeny for all families and subfamilies, and for all genera but those assigned to the two most diverse families, Veliidae and Gerridae, is compiled from the many studies by the late Dr.
What do we know about the phylogeny of the semi-aquatic bugs (Hemiptera: heteroptera: gerromorpha)?
The macroinvertebrate community in the mainstream of the Pigeon River commonly includes stoneflies (Taeniopterigidae), mayflies (Leptophlebiidae, Heptageniidae), caddisflies (Limnephilidae, Hydropsychidae, Phryganeidae, Polycentropodidae, Phil-opotamidae), amphipods (Gammaridae), isopods (Asellidae), black flies (Simuliidae), midges (Chironomidae), other Diptera (Athericidae, Culici-dae, Tabanidae, Tipulidae), true bugs (Belostomatidae, Corixidae, Gerridae, Nepidae, Notonectidae, Veliidae), water beetles (Dytiscidae, Gyrinidae, Haliplidae, Hydrophilidae), dragon flies (Anisoptera), damsel flies (Coena-grionidae)T hellgrammites (Corydalidae), alderflies (Sialidae), and crayfish (Decapoda).
Environmental variation, fish community composition, and brown trout survival in the pigeon river, Ottawa County, Michigan
Blattodea Blattellidae Ischnoptera Blattodea Blattellidae Parcoblatta Hemiptera Aradidae Mezira Hemiptera Belostomatidae Lethocerus Hemiptera Berytidae Jalysus Hemiptera Coreidae Acanthocephala Hemiptera Coreidae Leptoglossus Hemiptera Corixidae Hesperocorixa Hemiptera Corixidae Sigara Hemiptera Corixidae Trichocorixa Hemiptera Gerridae Gerris Hemiptera Hydrometridae Hydrometra Hemiptera Lygaeidae Kleidocerys?
Diversity of the insect fauna within the unique Sinking Pond habitat in middle Tennessee
Clinal variation in morphology among eastern populations of the waterstrider, Aquarius remigis Say (Hemiptera, Gerridae).
Geographic and climatic factors related to a body-size cline in Dichroplus pratensis Bruner, 1900 (Acrididae, Melanoplinae)
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