[water bugs]
(aquatic Hemiptera)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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Infraorder 10 subtaxa 81 images 8 ident. refs
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Family 4 subtaxa 18 images
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Infraorder 18 subtaxa 101 images 18 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
Informal[water bugs] (aquatic Hemiptera)
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
Huxley, T. 2003 Provisional atlas of the British aquatic bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) 118pp, Biological Records Centre
Macan, T.T. 1976 *** A revised key to the British water bugs (Hemiptera-Heteroptera), with notes on their ecology ***(Superseded) Scientific publications, No 16, Freshwater Biological Association
Nau, B.S. 2006 Heteroptera of the British Isles (2006 version)
Poisson, R. 1957 *** Hétéroptères Aquatiques ***(Superseded) Faune de France, Faune No 61, 263pp, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel
Savage, A.A. 1989 Adult Water Bugs Scientific Publications, No 50., Freshwater Biological Association

Regional/Beds, Cambs, Northants, Peterborough And Hunts

Eversham, B. & Prunier, F. 2003 Identifying water bugs http://www.wildlifebcnp.org/ecology-resources.htm

[water bugs] (aquatic Hemiptera) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for [water bugs] (aquatic Hemiptera)
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