HYDROMETRIDAE
(water measurers)

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Hydrometra
water measurers
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Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyHYDROMETRIDAE (water measurers)
SuperfamilyHYDROMETROIDEA (a superfamily of bugs)
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
Macan, T.T. 1976 *** A revised key to the British water bugs (Hemiptera-Heteroptera), with notes on their ecology ***(Superseded) Scientific publications, No 16, Freshwater Biological Association

HYDROMETRIDAE (water measurers) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for HYDROMETRIDAE (water measurers)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for HYDROMETRIDAE (water measurers)
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