Gerris gibbifer Schummel, 1832
(a pondskater)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGerris gibbifer (a pondskater)
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)
Records of Gerris gibbifer (a pondskater) :
1: Gerris gibbifer (a pondskater)
3 May 2014 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, on surface of runnel above pond
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - ventral view - metasternum - close-up - magnified - silver background
2: Gerris gibbifer (a pondskater)
9 Jun 2012 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
on surface of new pond on clay
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 4: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 5: Male - head and thorax - ventral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 6: Male - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 7: Male - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - white background

Gerris gibbifer (a pondskater) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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