Gerromorpha
(an infraorder of waterbugs)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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Superfamily 8 subtaxa 70 images 3 ident. refs
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Superfamily 1 subtaxa 11 images 1 ident. refs
Family 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
InfraorderGerromorpha (an infraorder of waterbugs)
SuborderHETEROPTERA (true bugs)
OrderHEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Brooke, S. 2009 Module 6: advanced identification of water bugs (Hemiptera Heteroptera) https://www.fba.org.uk/identification-freshwater-invertebrates-species-level-distance-learning-course
Nau, B.S. 2006 Heteroptera of the British Isles (2006 version)
Nilsson, A. (ed.) 1996 Aquatic Insects of North Europe Aquatic Insects of North Europe, Two vols, 714pp, Apollo Books

Nymphs

Nilsson, A. (ed.) 1996 Aquatic Insects of North Europe Aquatic Insects of North Europe, Two vols, 714pp, Apollo Books

Gerromorpha (an infraorder of waterbugs) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Gerromorpha (an infraorder of waterbugs)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Gerromorpha (an infraorder of waterbugs)
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