Notonecta

Notonecta, known as backswimmers or water-boatmen, is a genus of bugs in the family Notonectidae. Species in this genus include:^[1][2][3]

• Notonecta borealis
• Notonecta glauca
• Notonecta hoffmanni
• Notonecta indica
• Notonecta insulata
• Notonecta irrorata
• Notonecta kirbyi
• Notonecta lobata
• Notonecta lunata
• Notonecta maculata
• Notonecta marmorea
• Notonecta meridionalis
• Notonecta montezuma
• Notonecta obliqua
• Notonecta ochrothoe
• Notonecta pallidula
• Notonecta petrunkevitchi
• Notonecta raleighi
• Notonecta repanda
• Notonecta shooteri
• Notonecta spinosa
• Notonecta uhleri
• Notonecta undulata
• Notonecta unifasciata
• Notonecta viridis

Notonecta Temporal range: Aptian–Present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Notonecta maculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Infraorder:	Nepomorpha
Family:	Notonectidae
Genus:	Notonecta Linnaeus, 1758

References

1. Merritt, R.W.; Cummins, K.W.; Berg, M.B., eds. (2008). An Introduction to the Aquatic Insects of North America (4th ed.). Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company. ISBN 9780757550492.
2. "Directório de Espécies de Portugal". Naturdata. Retrieved January 24, 2014.
3. "Notonecta". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved January 24, 2014.

External links

• Media related to Notonecta at Wikimedia Commons