Gerris lacustris (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Common Pondskater)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGerris lacustris (Common 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 lacustris (Common Pondskater) :
1: Gerris lacustris (Common Pondskater)
11 Apr 2018 OSGR: SY98 50° 40’ N, 2° 10’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
on small puddle in wheel tracks
Image 1: Dorsal view - enlarged - silver background
2: Gerris lacustris (Common Pondskater)
4 Oct 2011 OSGR: SO46 52° 20’ N, 2° 50’ W Vice County: Hereford (VC 36) England
small pond-skater, on surface of lake
Image 1: With Aquarius najas (on left) to show size difference - white backgroundImage 2: Dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - white backgroundImage 3: Dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 4: Head - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 5: Head - lateral view - magnifiedImage 6: Head - latero-ventral view - magnifiedImage 7: Lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 8: Lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - white background (2)Image 9: Ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - white background
3: Gerris lacustris (Common Pondskater)
26 Apr 1975 OSGR: SU58 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on water in cattle trough
Image 1: Dorsal view - in situImage 2: Dorsal view - in situ (2)Image 3: Dorsal view - in situ (3)Image 4: Dorsal view - with Chironomid

Gerris lacustris (Common Pondskater) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Gerris lacustris (Common Pondskater)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Gerris lacustris (Common Pondskater)
Creative Commons License
This website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.

Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material on the BioImages website by Malcolm Storey is licensed under the above Creative Commons Licence.

Photographs from other photographers are used with permission but not included under the above CC licence.

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)