Gerris odontogaster (Zetterstedt, 1828)
(Toothed Pondskater)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGerris odontogaster (Toothed 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 odontogaster (Toothed Pondskater) :
1: Gerris odontogaster (Toothed Pondskater)
11 Apr 2018 OSGR: SY98 50° 40’ N, 2° 10’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, on small puddle in wheel tracks
Image 1: Male - abdomen - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head, antennae, fore-legs and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - lateral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - ventral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - abdomen - latero-ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver background

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

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