| LC control no. | sh2001000421 |
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| LC classification | QL521 QL522.96 Zoology |
| Topical heading | Water striders |
| Variant(s) | Striders, Water |
| See also | Semiaquatic bugs |
| Found in | Work cat.: Andersen, N.M. Water striders from the Paleogene of Denmark with a review of the fossil record and evolution of semiaquatic bugs (Hemiptera, Gerromorpha), 1998: abstr. (Water striders and other semiaquatic bugs (Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Gerromorpha) comprises about 1,600 extant species classified in eight families) Andersen, N.M. The semiaquatic bugs (Hemiptera, Gerromorpha), 1982: introd. (the semiaquatic bugs (infraorder Gerromorpha of the order Hemiptera, suborder Heteroptera) include the familiar water striders, pondskaters, and water-measurers) Ward, J.V. Aquatic insect ecology, c1992: v. 1, pp. 10-11 (Hemipterans occur in fresh waters, brackish waters, and the sea; the three families residing on the water surface are collectively known as water striders; water surface families: Hydrometridae, Veliidae, Gerridae) Gullan, P.J. The insects, 2000: p. 236 (Gerromorphs (water-striders) scavenge or are predatory on the water surface) |
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