Paracorixa concinna (Fieber, 1848)
(a lesser waterboatman)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesParacorixa concinna (a lesser waterboatman)
FamilyCORIXIDAE (a family of lesser water boatmen)
SuperfamilyCORIXOIDEA (a superfamily of lesser water boatmen)
InfraorderNepomorpha (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 Paracorixa concinna (a lesser waterboatman) :
1: Paracorixa concinna (a lesser waterboatman)
8 Aug 1997 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Three views

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Savage A.A. & Swift. E.J. The identification of British adult specimens of Sigara lateralis (Leach), Sigara concinna (Fieber), Callicorixa praeusta (Fieber) and Callicorixa wollastoni (Douglas & Scott) (Hemiptera Heteroptera: Corixidae) 25-34.

Paracorixa concinna (a lesser waterboatman) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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