Aquarius conformis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Gerridae
Genus: Aquarius
Species:
A. conformis
Binomial name
Aquarius conformis
(Uhler, 1878)
Synonyms

Gerris conformis
Hygrotrechus conformis

Aquarius conformis is a species of water strider in the family Gerridae.[1] It is found in eastern North America from Quebec west to Wisconsin and south to Florida and Mexico.[2][3][4]

Adults reach lengths of 15–16.5 mm.[5] Aquarius conformis is part of the A. elongatus species group, being most closely related to A. nebularis, a species also found in eastern North America.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ "Aquarius conformis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. ↑ "Aquarius conformis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. ↑ Henry, Thomas J.; Froeschner, Richard C., eds. (1988). Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States. CRC Press. ISBN 9780916846442.
  4. ↑ Epler, John H. (2006). "Identification Manual for the Aquatic and Semi-aquatic Heteroptera of Florida" (PDF). Florida Department of Environmental Protection.
  5. ↑ Damgaard, Jakob; Cognato, A.I. (2005). "Phylogeny and reclassification of species groups in Aquarius Schellenberg, Limnoporus Stål and Gerris Fabricius (Insecta: Hemiptera‐Heteroptera, Gerridae)". Systematic Entomology. 31 (1): 93-112. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2005.00302.x. S2CID 82154721.
  6. ↑ Ye, Zhen; Damgaard, Jakob; Chen, Pingping; Zhu, Lin; Zheng, Chenguang; Bu, Wenjun (2018). "Biogeography and diversification of Holarctic water striders: Cenozoic temperature variation, habitat shifting and multiple intercontinental dispersals". Systematic Entomology. 43 (1): 19-30. doi:10.1111/syen.12274. S2CID 90741463.

Further reading

  • Andersen, N. Møller (1990). "Phylogeny and taxonomy of water striders, genus Aquarius Schellenberg (Insecta, Hemiptera, Gerridae), with a new species from Australia". Steenstrupia. 16: 37–81. ISSN 0375-2909.
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