Gerris thoracicus Schummel, 1832
(a pondskater)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGerris thoracicus (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 thoracicus (a pondskater) :
1: Gerris thoracicus (a pondskater)
17 May 2014 OSGR: SZ08 50° 40’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
on saline pool at top of shore
Image 1: Dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 2: Dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Ventro-lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver background

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

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