Biology:Aquarius conformis

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Short description: Species of true bug

Aquarius conformis
Aquarius conformis.jpg
Scientific classification edit
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". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=717593. 
  2. "Aquarius conformis". https://www.gbif.org/species/5154129. 
  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". Florida Department of Environmental Protection. https://publicfiles.dep.state.fl.us/dear/labs/biology/biokeys/heteroptera.pdf. 
  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. 
  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. 

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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