Gerris Fabricius, 1794
(pond skaters, pondskaters)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Gerris gibbifer
a pondskater
Female (Click to open)
 		Species 11 images
Gerris lacustris
Common Pondskater
(Click to open)
 		Species 14 images
Gerris odontogaster
Toothed Pondskater
Male (Click to open)Male (Click to open)
 		Species 6 images
Gerris thoracicus
a pondskater
(Click to open)
 		Species 6 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusGerris (pond skaters, pondskaters)
FamilyGERRIDAE (pond skaters)
SuperfamilyGERROIDEA (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)

Gerris (pond skaters, pondskaters) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Gerris (pond skaters, pondskaters)
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