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<th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)">Notonectidae<br><div style="font-size: 85%;">Temporal range: </div>
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<td colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-size: 88%"><i>Notonecta maculata</i>
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<th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; min-width:15em; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)"><a href="Taxonomy_(biology)" title="Taxonomy (biology)">Scientific classification</a> <span class=" taxobox-edit-taxonomy skin-invert" style="font-size:smaller; float:right; padding-right:0.4em; margin-left:-3em;"><span typeof="mw:File"></span></span>
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<ul><li>Anisopinae
<ul><li><i><a href="Anisops" title="Anisops">Anisops</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Buenoa" title="Buenoa">Buenoa</a></i></li>
<li><i>Paranisops</i></li>
<li><i>Walambianisops</i></li></ul></li>
<li>Notonectinae
<ul><li><i>Enithares</i></li>
<li><i><a href="Notonecta" title="Notonecta">Notonecta</a></i></li>
<li><i><a href="Martarega" title="Martarega">Martarega</a></i></li>
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<p><b>Notonectidae</b> is a <a href="Cosmopolitan_distribution" title="Cosmopolitan distribution">cosmopolitan</a> family of aquatic insects in the order <a href="Hemiptera" title="Hemiptera">Hemiptera</a>, commonly called <b>backswimmers</b> because they swim "upside down" (inverted). They are all <a href="Predator" class="mw-redirect" title="Predator">predators</a> and typically range from 0.5 to 1.5 cm (0.2–0.6 in) in length.<sup id="cite_ref-Schuh1996_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Schuh1996-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They are similar in appearance to <a href="Corixidae" title="Corixidae">Corixidae (water boatmen)</a>, but can be separated by differences in their dorsal-ventral coloration, front <a href="Arthropod_leg#Insects" title="Arthropod leg">legs</a>, and predatory behavior. Their dorsum is convex, lightly colored without cross striations. Their front tarsi are not scoop-shaped and their hind legs are fringed for swimming. There are about 350 species in two subfamilies: Notonectinae with seven <a href="Genera" class="mw-redirect" title="Genera">genera</a>, and Anisopinae with four genera. Members in the former subfamily are often larger than those in the latter.<sup id="cite_ref-Barbosa2012_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barbosa2012-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Backswimmers swim on their backs, vigorously paddling with their long, hair-fringed hind legs and attack prey as large as <a href="Tadpole" title="Tadpole">tadpoles</a> and small fish. They can inflict a painful "bite" on a human being, actually a stab with their sharp tubular mouthparts (<a href="Proboscis" title="Proboscis">proboscis</a>). They inhabit still freshwater, e.g. lakes, ponds, marshes, and are sometimes found in garden ponds and even swimming pools. Although primarily aquatic, they can fly well and so can disperse easily to new habitats.
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<p>The best-known genus of backswimmers is <i><a href="Notonecta" title="Notonecta">Notonecta</a></i> – streamlined, deep-bodied bugs up to 1.6 cm (0.6 in) long, green, brown, or yellowish in colour. The common backswimmer, <i><a href="Notonecta_glauca" title="Notonecta glauca">N. glauca</a></i>, is widespread in Europe, including the United Kingdom where it is known as the greater water boatman.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another of the same region, <i><a href="Notonecta_maculata" title="Notonecta maculata">N. maculata</a></i>, is distinguished by its mottled brick-coloured forewings.
</p><p>In contrast to other aquatic insects that cling to submerged objects, the two genera <i><a href="Anisops" title="Anisops">Anisops</a></i> and <i><a href="Buenoa" title="Buenoa">Buenoa</a></i> uses a unique system to stay submerged: using the extra oxygen supply from <a href="Haemoglobin" class="mw-redirect" title="Haemoglobin">haemoglobin</a> in their abdomen, instead of using oxygen dissolved in the water. The size of these air bubbles, which provide buoyancy, changes as the nitrogen dissolves into the blood and the oxygen is used in respiration. This allows for regulation of the size of the air bubbles and their concentration of oxygen.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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</style><cite id="CITEREFRandall_T._SchuhJames_Alexander_Slater1996" class="citation book cs1">Randall T. Schuh; James Alexander Slater (1996). <i>True Bugs of the World (Hemiptera:Heteroptera): Classification and Natural History</i> (2 ed.). Cornell University Press. pp. <span class="nowrap">127–</span>129. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>978-0801420665</bdi>.</cite></span>
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<li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFWawrowskiMatthewsGleixnerKiger2012" class="citation journal cs1">Wawrowski, Agnes; Matthews, Philip G. D.; Gleixner, Eva; Kiger, Laurent; Marden, Michael C.; Hankeln, Thomas; Burmester, Thorsten (September 2012). <span class="id-lock-subscription" title="Paid subscription required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0965174812000628">"Characterization of the hemoglobin of the backswimmer Anisops deanei (Hemiptera)"</a></span>. <i>Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology</i>. <b>42</b> (9): <span class="nowrap">603–</span>609. <a href="Bibcode_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibcode (identifier)">Bibcode</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012IBMB...42..603W">2012IBMB...42..603W</a>. <a href="Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.ibmb.2012.04.007">10.1016/j.ibmb.2012.04.007</a>. <a href="PMID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="PMID (identifier)">PMID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22575160">22575160</a>.</cite></span>
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<ul><li>Chinery, M. (1986). <i>Collins Guide to the Insects of Britain & Western Europe</i>. Collins. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>0-00-219137-7</bdi>.</li>
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<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bedbugguide.wikipediamindmap.com">Painful bug bite</a>, Williams 1980, Hawking & Smith 1997 </li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mdfrc.org.au/bugguide/display.asp?type=5&class=17&subclass=&Order=3&family=61&couplet=0">Notonectidae</a>, Australian Freshwater Invertebrates</li></ul>
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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bugguide.net/node/view/4965/tree">Notonectidae</a>, BugGuide</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hlasek.com/notonecta_glauca_6337.html">Close-up photo by J. Hlasek</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ryanphotographic.com/hemiptera.htm#assimilis">Photo of Anisops assimilis swimming by Paddy Ryan</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0194mvq">BBC Radio special on the sounds made by water boatmen</a></li></ul>
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</style><div id="Extant_Hemiptera_families448" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Extant <a href="Hemiptera" title="Hemiptera">Hemiptera</a> families</div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>
<ul><li>Kingdom: <a href="Animal" title="Animal">Animalia</a></li>
<li>Phylum: <a href="Arthropod" title="Arthropod">Arthropoda</a></li>
<li>Class: <a href="Insect" title="Insect">Insecta</a></li>
<li>Subclass: <a href="Pterygota" title="Pterygota">Pterygota</a></li>
<li>Infraclass: <a href="Neoptera" title="Neoptera">Neoptera</a></li>
<li>Superorder: <a href="Paraneoptera" title="Paraneoptera">Paraneoptera</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Suborder_Auchenorrhyncha448" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Suborder <a href="Auchenorrhyncha" title="Auchenorrhyncha">Auchenorrhyncha</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:12.15em"><a href="Cicadomorpha" title="Cicadomorpha">Cicadomorpha</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:11em"><a href="Froghopper" class="mw-redirect" title="Froghopper">Cercopoidea</a><br><span style="color:#696969"><small><span class="nobold">(froghoppers)</span></small></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Aphrophoridae" title="Aphrophoridae">Aphrophoridae</a></li>
<li><a href="Cercopidae" title="Cercopidae">Cercopidae</a></li>
<li><a href="Clastopteridae" title="Clastopteridae">Clastopteridae</a></li>
<li><a href="Ischnorhinidae" title="Ischnorhinidae">Ischnorhinidae</a></li>
<li><a href="Machaerotidae" title="Machaerotidae">Machaerotidae</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:11em"><a href="Cicada" title="Cicada">Cicadoidea</a><br><span style="color:#696969"><small><span class="nobold">(cicadas)</span></small></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Cicada" title="Cicada">Cicadidae</a></li>
<li><a href="Tettigarctidae" title="Tettigarctidae">Tettigarctidae <small>(hairy cicadas)</small></a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:11em"><a href="Membracoidea" title="Membracoidea">Membracoidea</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Aetalionidae" title="Aetalionidae">Aetalionidae</a></li>
<li><a href="Leafhopper" title="Leafhopper">Cicadellidae <small>(leafhoppers)</small></a></li>
<li><a href="Melizoderidae" title="Melizoderidae">Melizoderidae</a></li>
<li><a href="Treehopper" title="Treehopper">Membracidae <small>(typical treehoppers, thorn bugs)</small></a></li>
<li><a href="Myerslopiidae" title="Myerslopiidae">Myerslopiidae</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:12.15em"><a href="Planthopper" title="Planthopper">Fulgoromorpha</a><br><span style="color:#696969"><small><span class="nobold">(planthoppers)</span></small></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:11em"><a href="Planthopper" title="Planthopper">Fulgoroidea</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Acanaloniidae" title="Acanaloniidae">Acanaloniidae</a></li>
<li><a href="Achilidae" title="Achilidae">Achilidae</a></li>
<li><a href="Achilixiidae" title="Achilixiidae">Achilixiidae</a></li>
<li><a href="Cixiidae" title="Cixiidae">Cixiidae</a></li>
<li><a href="Delphacidae" title="Delphacidae">Delphacidae</a></li>
<li><a href="Derbidae" title="Derbidae">Derbidae</a></li>
<li><a href="Dictyopharidae" title="Dictyopharidae">Dictyopharidae</a></li>
<li><a href="Eurybrachidae" title="Eurybrachidae">Eurybrachidae</a></li>
<li><a href="Flatidae" title="Flatidae">Flatidae</a></li>
<li><a href="Fulgoridae" title="Fulgoridae">Fulgoridae <small>(lanternflies)</small></a></li>
<li><a href="Gengidae" title="Gengidae">Gengidae</a></li>
<li><a href="Hypochthonellidae" class="mw-redirect" title="Hypochthonellidae">Hypochthonellidae</a></li>
<li><a href="Issidae" title="Issidae">Issidae</a></li>
<li><a href="Kinnaridae" title="Kinnaridae">Kinnaridae</a></li>
<li><a href="Lophopidae" title="Lophopidae">Lophopidae</a></li>
<li><a href="Meenoplidae" title="Meenoplidae">Meenoplidae</a></li>
<li><a href="Nogodinidae" title="Nogodinidae">Nogodinidae</a></li>
<li><a href="Ricaniidae" title="Ricaniidae">Ricaniidae</a></li>
<li><a href="Tettigometridae" title="Tettigometridae">Tettigometridae</a></li>
<li><a href="Tropiduchidae" title="Tropiduchidae">Tropiduchidae</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Whitefly" title="Whitefly">Aleyrodidae <small>(whiteflies)</small></a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:23.3em"><a href="Aphid" title="Aphid">Aphidoidea</a><br><span style="color:#696969"><small><span class="nobold">(aphids)</span></small></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Aphididae" title="Aphididae">Aphididae</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:23.3em"><a href="Scale_insect" title="Scale insect">Coccoidea</a><br><span style="color:#696969"><small><span class="nobold">(scale insects)</span></small></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Aclerdidae" title="Aclerdidae">Aclerdidae</a></li>
<li><a href="Asterolecaniidae" title="Asterolecaniidae">Asterolecaniidae <small>(pit scales)</small></a></li>
<li><a href="Beesoniidae" title="Beesoniidae">Beesoniidae <small>(beesoniids)</small></a></li>
<li><a href="Carayonemidae" title="Carayonemidae">Carayonemidae <small>(carayonemids)</small></a></li>
<li><a href="Cerococcidae" title="Cerococcidae">Cerococcidae <small>(ornate pit scales)</small></a></li>
<li><a href="Coccidae" title="Coccidae">Coccidae <small>(soft scales)</small></a></li>
<li><a href="Conchaspididae" title="Conchaspididae">Conchaspididae</a></li>
<li><a href="Dactylopius" title="Dactylopius">Dactylopiidae <small>(cochineals)</small></a></li>
<li><a href="Diaspididae" title="Diaspididae">Diaspididae <small>(armored scales)</small></a></li>
<li><a href="Eriococcidae" title="Eriococcidae">Eriococcidae <small>(felt scales)</small></a></li>
<li><a href="Halimococcidae" title="Halimococcidae">Halimococcidae <small>(pupillarial palm scales)</small></a></li>
<li><a href="Kermesidae" title="Kermesidae">Kermesidae</a></li>
<li><a href="Kerriidae" title="Kerriidae">Kerriidae <small>(lac scales)</small></a></li>
<li><a href="Lecanodiaspididae" title="Lecanodiaspididae">Lecanodiaspididae <small>(false pit scales)</small></a></li>
<li><a href="Margarodidae" title="Margarodidae">Margarodidae <small>(cottony cushion scales, giant coccids, ground pearls)</small></a></li>
<li><a href="Micrococcidae" title="Micrococcidae">Micrococcidae <small>(Mediterranean scales)</small></a></li>
<li><a href="Monophlebidae" title="Monophlebidae">Monophlebidae <small>(giant scales)</small></a></li>
<li><a href="Ortheziidae" title="Ortheziidae">Ortheziidae <small>(ensign scales)</small></a></li>
<li><a href="Phenacoleachiidae" title="Phenacoleachiidae">Phenacoleachiidae <small>(phenacoleachiids)</small></a></li>
<li><a href="Phoenicococcidae" title="Phoenicococcidae">Phoenicococcidae <small>(palm scales)</small></a></li>
<li><a href="Mealybug" title="Mealybug">Pseudococcidae <small>(mealybugs)</small></a></li>
<li><a href="Putoidae" title="Putoidae">Putoidae <small>(giant mealybugs)</small></a></li>
<li><a href="Stictococcidae" title="Stictococcidae">Stictococcidae <small>(stictococcids)</small></a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:23.3em"><a href="Phylloxeroidea" title="Phylloxeroidea">Phylloxeroidea</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Adelgidae" title="Adelgidae">Adelgidae <small>(woolly conifer aphids)</small></a></li>
<li><a href="Phylloxeridae" title="Phylloxeridae">Phylloxeridae <small>(phylloxerans)</small></a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:23.3em"><a href="Psylloidea" title="Psylloidea">Psylloidea</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Aphalaridae" title="Aphalaridae">Aphalaridae</a></li>
<li><a href="Calophyidae" title="Calophyidae">Calophyidae</a></li>
<li><a href="Carsidaridae" title="Carsidaridae">Carsidaridae</a></li>
<li><a href="Homotomidae" title="Homotomidae">Homotomidae</a></li>
<li><a href="Phacopteronidae" class="mw-redirect" title="Phacopteronidae">Phacopteronidae</a></li>
<li><a href="Psyllidae" class="mw-redirect" title="Psyllidae">Psyllidae <small>(jumping plant lice)</small></a></li>
<li><a href="Triozidae" title="Triozidae">Triozidae</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible uncollapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Suborder_Heteroptera_(with_Coleorrhyncha)448" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Suborder <a href="Heteroptera" title="Heteroptera">Heteroptera</a> <small><span class="nobold">(with</span> <a href="Peloridiidae" title="Peloridiidae">Coleorrhyncha</a><span class="nobold">)</span></small></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Dipsocoromorpha19" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:12.15em;padding-right:11.15em;"><a href="Dipsocoromorpha" title="Dipsocoromorpha">Dipsocoromorpha</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Ceratocombidae" title="Ceratocombidae">Ceratocombidae</a></li>
<li><a href="Dipsocoridae" title="Dipsocoridae">Dipsocoridae</a></li>
<li><a href="Hypsipterygidae" title="Hypsipterygidae">Hypsipterygidae</a></li>
<li><a href="Schizopteridae" title="Schizopteridae">Schizopteridae</a></li>
<li><a href="Stemmocryptidae" title="Stemmocryptidae">Stemmocryptidae</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:12.15em"><a href="Enicocephalomorpha" class="mw-redirect" title="Enicocephalomorpha">Enicocephalomorpha</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:11em"><a href="Enicocephalomorpha" class="mw-redirect" title="Enicocephalomorpha">Enicocephaloidea</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Aenictopecheidae" title="Aenictopecheidae">Aenictopecheidae</a></li>
<li><a href="Enicocephalidae" title="Enicocephalidae">Enicocephalidae <small>(unique-headed bugs, gnat bugs)</small></a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:12.15em"><a href="Gerromorpha" title="Gerromorpha">Gerromorpha</a><br><span style="color:#696969"><small><span class="nobold">(semiaquatic bugs)</span></small></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:11em"><a href="Gerroidea" title="Gerroidea">Gerroidea</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Gerridae" title="Gerridae">Gerridae <small>(water striders)</small></a></li>
<li><a href="Hermatobatidae" class="mw-redirect" title="Hermatobatidae">Hermatobatidae</a></li>
<li><a href="Veliidae" title="Veliidae">Veliidae <small>(riffle bugs)</small></a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:11em"><a href="Velvet_water_bug" title="Velvet water bug">Hebroidea</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Velvet_water_bug" title="Velvet water bug">Hebridae <small>(velvet water bugs)</small></a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:11em"><a href="Hydrometroidea" class="mw-redirect" title="Hydrometroidea">Hydrometroidea</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Hydrometridae" title="Hydrometridae">Hydrometridae <small>(marsh treaders or water measurers)</small></a></li>
<li><a href="Macroveliidae" title="Macroveliidae">Macroveliidae</a></li>
<li><a href="Paraphrynoveliidae" class="mw-redirect" title="Paraphrynoveliidae">Paraphrynoveliidae</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:11em"><a href="Water_treader" title="Water treader">Mesovelioidea</a><br><span style="color:#696969"><small><span class="nobold">(water treaders)</span></small></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Madeoveliidae" class="mw-redirect" title="Madeoveliidae">Madeoveliidae</a></li>
<li><a href="Mesoveliidae" title="Mesoveliidae">Mesoveliidae</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Saldidae" title="Saldidae">Saldidae <small>(shore bugs)</small></a></li>
<li><a href="Leptopodidae" title="Leptopodidae">Leptopodidae <small>(spiny shore bugs)</small></a></li>
<li><a href="Omaniidae" class="mw-redirect" title="Omaniidae">Omaniidae</a></li>
<li><a href="Aepophilidae" class="mw-redirect" title="Aepophilidae">Aepophilidae</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:12.15em"><a href="Nepomorpha" title="Nepomorpha">Nepomorpha</a><br><span style="color:#696969"><small><span class="nobold">(true water bugs)</span></small></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:11em"><a href="Corixidae" title="Corixidae">Corixoidea</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Corixidae" title="Corixidae">Corixidae <small>(water boatmen)</small></a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:11em"><a href="Nepoidea" class="mw-redirect" title="Nepoidea">Nepoidea</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Belostomatidae" title="Belostomatidae">Belostomatidae <small>(giant water bugs)</small></a></li>
<li><a href="Nepidae" title="Nepidae">Nepidae <small>(water scorpions, needle bugs)</small></a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:11em"><a href="Ochteroidea" class="mw-redirect" title="Ochteroidea">Ochteroidea</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Gelastocoridae" title="Gelastocoridae">Gelastocoridae <small>(toad bugs)</small></a></li>
<li><a href="Ochteridae" title="Ochteridae">Ochteridae <small>(velvety shore bugs)</small></a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:11em"><a href="Aphelocheiroidea" class="mw-redirect" title="Aphelocheiroidea">Aphelocheiroidea</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Aphelocheiridae" class="mw-redirect" title="Aphelocheiridae">Aphelocheiridae</a></li>
<li><a href="Potamocoridae" title="Potamocoridae">Potamocoridae</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:11em"><a href="Naucoridae" title="Naucoridae">Naucoroidea</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Naucoridae" title="Naucoridae">Naucoridae <small>(creeping water bugs)</small></a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:11em"></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:11em"><a href="Pleoidea" class="mw-redirect" title="Pleoidea">Pleoidea</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Helotrephidae" title="Helotrephidae">Helotrephidae</a></li>
<li><a href="Pleidae" title="Pleidae">Pleidae <small>(pygmy backswimmers)</small></a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Peloridiomorpha(Coleorrhyncha)122" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:12.15em;padding-right:11.15em;"><a href="Peloridiidae" title="Peloridiidae">Peloridiomorpha<br><span class="nobold">(Coleorrhyncha)</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Peloridiidae" title="Peloridiidae">Peloridiidae</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:12.15em"><a href="Cimicomorpha" title="Cimicomorpha">Cimicomorpha</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:11em"><a href="Cimicoidea" title="Cimicoidea">Cimicoidea</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Anthocoridae" title="Anthocoridae">Anthocoridae <small>(minute pirate bugs or flower bugs)</small></a></li>
<li><a href="Cimicidae" title="Cimicidae">Cimicidae <small>(bed bugs, bat bugs)</small></a></li>
<li><a href="Curalium" title="Curalium">Curaliidae <small>(<i>Curalium cronini</i>)</small></a></li>
<li><a href="Joppeicidae" class="mw-redirect" title="Joppeicidae">Joppeicidae</a></li>
<li><a href="Lasiochilidae" class="mw-redirect" title="Lasiochilidae">Lasiochilidae</a></li>
<li><a href="Lyctocoridae" title="Lyctocoridae">Lyctocoridae</a></li>
<li>Medocostidae</li>
<li><a href="Microphysidae" title="Microphysidae">Microphysidae</a></li>
<li><a href="Miridae" title="Miridae">Miridae <small>(plant bugs, leaf bugs, grass bugs)</small></a></li>
<li><a href="Nabidae" title="Nabidae">Nabidae <small>(damsel bugs)</small></a></li>
<li><a href="Pachynomidae" title="Pachynomidae">Pachynomidae</a></li>
<li><a href="Plokiophilidae" title="Plokiophilidae">Plokiophilidae</a></li>
<li><a href="Polyctenidae" title="Polyctenidae">Polyctenidae <small>(old world bat bugs)</small></a></li>
<li><a href="Reduviidae" title="Reduviidae">Reduviidae <small>(assassin bugs, wheel bugs, thread-legged bugs)</small></a></li>
<li><a href="Thaumastocoridae" title="Thaumastocoridae">Thaumastocoridae <small>(royal palm bugs)</small></a></li>
<li><a href="Tingidae" title="Tingidae">Tingidae <small>(lace bugs)</small></a></li>
<li>Velocipedidae</li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:12.15em"><a href="Pentatomomorpha" title="Pentatomomorpha">Pentatomomorpha</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:11em"><a href="Aradoidea" title="Aradoidea">Aradoidea</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Aradidae" title="Aradidae">Aradidae <small>(flat bugs)</small></a></li>
<li><a href="Termitaphididae" title="Termitaphididae">Termitaphididae <small>(termite bugs)</small></a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:11em"><a href="Pentatomoidea" title="Pentatomoidea">Pentatomoidea</a><br><span style="color:#696969"><small><span class="nobold">(shield bugs)</span></small></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Urostylididae" title="Urostylididae">Urostylididae</a></li>
<li><a href="Acanthosomatidae" title="Acanthosomatidae">Acanthosomatidae <small>(shield bugs)</small></a></li>
<li><a href="Tessaratomidae" title="Tessaratomidae">Tessaratomidae <small>(giant shield bugs and relatives)</small></a></li>
<li><a href="Dinidoridae" title="Dinidoridae">Dinidoridae</a></li>
<li><a href="Cydnidae" title="Cydnidae">Cydnidae <small>(burrowing bugs)</small></a></li>
<li><a href="Thaumastellidae" class="mw-redirect" title="Thaumastellidae">Thaumastellidae</a></li>
<li><a href="Parastrachiidae" title="Parastrachiidae">Parastrachiidae</a></li>
<li><a href="Thyreocoridae" title="Thyreocoridae">Thyreocoridae <small>(includes ebony bugs)</small></a></li>
<li><a href="Lestoniidae" class="mw-redirect" title="Lestoniidae">Lestoniidae</a></li>
<li><a href="Phloeidae" title="Phloeidae">Phloeidae</a></li>
<li><a href="Scutelleridae" title="Scutelleridae">Scutelleridae <small>(jewel bugs or metallic shield bugs)</small></a></li>
<li><a href="Plataspidae" title="Plataspidae">Plataspidae</a></li>
<li><a href="Pentatomidae" title="Pentatomidae">Pentatomidae <small>(stink bugs)</small></a></li>
<li><a href="Canopidae" class="mw-redirect" title="Canopidae">Canopidae</a></li>
<li><a href="Megarididae" title="Megarididae">Megarididae</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:11em"><a href="Coreoidea" title="Coreoidea">Coreoidea</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Alydidae" title="Alydidae">Alydidae <small>(broad-headed bugs)</small></a></li>
<li><a href="Coreidae" title="Coreidae">Coreidae <small>(squash bugs, leaf-footed bugs)</small></a></li>
<li><a href="Hyocephalidae" title="Hyocephalidae">Hyocephalidae</a></li>
<li><a href="Rhopalidae" title="Rhopalidae">Rhopalidae <small>(scentless plant bugs)</small></a></li>
<li><a href="Stenocephalidae" class="mw-redirect" title="Stenocephalidae">Stenocephalidae</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:11em"><a href="Lygaeoidea" title="Lygaeoidea">Lygaeoidea</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Artheneidae" title="Artheneidae">Artheneidae</a></li>
<li><a href="Berytidae" title="Berytidae">Berytidae <small>(stilt bugs)</small></a></li>
<li><a href="Blissidae" title="Blissidae">Blissidae</a></li>
<li><a href="Colobathristidae" title="Colobathristidae">Colobathristidae</a></li>
<li><a href="Cryptorhamphidae" title="Cryptorhamphidae">Cryptorhamphidae</a></li>
<li><a href="Cymidae" title="Cymidae">Cymidae</a></li>
<li><a href="Geocoridae" title="Geocoridae">Geocoridae</a></li>
<li>Henicocoridae</li>
<li><a href="Heterogastridae" title="Heterogastridae">Heterogastridae</a></li>
<li><a href="Idiostolidae" title="Idiostolidae">Idiostolidae</a></li>
<li><a href="Lygaeidae" title="Lygaeidae">Lygaeidae <small>(milkweed bugs, true seed bugs)</small></a></li>
<li><a href="Malcidae" title="Malcidae">Malcidae</a></li>
<li><a href="Meschiidae" title="Meschiidae">Meschiidae</a></li>
<li><a href="Ninidae" title="Ninidae">Ninidae</a></li>
<li><a href="Oxycarenidae" title="Oxycarenidae">Oxycarenidae</a></li>
<li><a href="Pachygronthidae" title="Pachygronthidae">Pachygronthidae</a></li>
<li><a href="Rhyparochromidae" title="Rhyparochromidae">Rhyparochromidae <small>(atypical seed bugs)</small></a></li>
<li><a href="Piesmatidae" title="Piesmatidae">Piesmatidae <small>(ash-grey leaf bugs)</small></a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:11em"><a href="Pyrrhocoroidea" title="Pyrrhocoroidea">Pyrrhocoroidea</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Pyrrhocoridae" title="Pyrrhocoridae">Pyrrhocoridae <small>(red bugs, cotton stainers)</small></a></li>
<li><a href="Largidae" title="Largidae">Largidae <small>(bordered plant bugs)</small></a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><small>Note: <a href="Coleorrhyncha" title="Coleorrhyncha">Coleorrhyncha</a> are a different <a href="Clade" title="Clade">clade</a> from <a href="Heteroptera" title="Heteroptera">Heteroptera</a>. Heteroptera with Coleorrhyncha were referred to as <a href="Prosorrhyncha" title="Prosorrhyncha">Prosorrhyncha</a>.</small></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>
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<ul><li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="Wikidata" title="Wikidata">Wikidata</a>: <span class="uid"><span class="external"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q875622" class="extiw external" title="wikidata:Q875622">Q875622</a></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="Wikispecies" title="Wikispecies">Wikispecies</a>: <span class="uid"><span class="external"><a href="https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Notonectidae" class="extiw external" title="wikispecies:Notonectidae">Notonectidae</a></span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="Australian_Faunal_Directory" title="Australian Faunal Directory">AFD</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Notonectidae">Notonectidae</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="white-space:nowrap;">BioLib: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id17094">17094</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="Barcode_of_Life_Data_System" title="Barcode of Life Data System">BOLD</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bench.boldsystems.org/index.php/TaxBrowser_TaxonPage?taxid=160801">160801</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="BugGuide" title="BugGuide">BugGuide</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bugguide.net/node/view/4965">4965</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="Catalogue_of_Life" title="Catalogue of Life">CoL</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/626HD">626HD</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="Encyclopedia_of_Life" title="Encyclopedia of Life">EoL</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://eol.org/pages/617">617</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="EPPO_Code" title="EPPO Code">EPPO</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://gd.eppo.int/taxon/1NOTNF">1NOTNF</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="Fauna_Europaea" title="Fauna Europaea">Fauna Europaea</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:12806">12806</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="Fauna_Europaea" title="Fauna Europaea">Fauna Europaea (new)</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://fauna-eu.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/6c24775c-080e-45f7-abc3-8823d2c7aeb3">6c24775c-080e-45f7-abc3-8823d2c7aeb3</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="Global_Biodiversity_Information_Facility" title="Global Biodiversity Information Facility">GBIF</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gbif.org/species/4322">4322</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="INaturalist" title="INaturalist">iNaturalist</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://inaturalist.org/taxa/56556">56556</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="Interim_Register_of_Marine_and_Nonmarine_Genera" title="Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera">IRMNG</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=114361">114361</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="Integrated_Taxonomic_Information_System" title="Integrated Taxonomic Information System">ITIS</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=103557">103557</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="National_Biodiversity_Network" title="National Biodiversity Network">NBN</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://species.nbnatlas.org/species/NBNSYS0000039904">NBNSYS0000039904</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="National_Center_for_Biotechnology_Information" title="National Center for Biotechnology Information">NCBI</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Info&id=50616">50616</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="white-space:nowrap;">NZOR: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nzor.org.nz/names/63d666b7-ce8e-4b1b-96b9-f9f3824cadb9">63d666b7-ce8e-4b1b-96b9-f9f3824cadb9</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="Open_Tree_of_Life" title="Open Tree of Life">Open Tree of Life</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://tree.opentreeoflife.org/taxonomy/browse?id=995297">995297</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="Paleobiology_Database" title="Paleobiology Database">Paleobiology Database</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=71385">71385</a></span></span></li>
<li><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><a href="Plazi" title="Plazi">Plazi</a>: <span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D34087D7-6829-FFE4-AE9D-1E127BE2FAB3">D34087D7-6829-FFE4-AE9D-1E127BE2FAB3</a></span></span></li></ul>
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