Heteroptera
Heteroptera are now considered a subgenus to the Hemiptera (sometimes regarded as a separate insect order) and are characterized mainly by sucking mouth parts adapted to pierce plant or animal tissue. Most of the approximately 40,000 known species are terrestrial, but some have also adapted to life on or below the water surface. Water bugs are predatory and divided into two groups – Gerromorpha are bugs inhabiting water surface (such as water striders) and Nepomorpha (water striders, water scorpions…), sometimes also referred to as true water bugs, because even if they must visit the water surface to take air for breathing, they live all their life under the water. Water bugs are a common part of assemblages of various types of aquatic habitats. In Slovakia, (according to the latest data available – Reduciendo Klementová et al. 2015), 56 species are recorded, divided into 11 families.
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species of water bugs barcoded from Slovakia
contributors
- AquaBOL team
References
- Reduciendo Klementová et al. 2015
- Rúfusová et al. 2017
- Šporka, F., et al. 2003
- Mišíková Elexová, E. et al. 2010
- Mišíková Elexová, E. et al. 2015
- www.freshwaterecology.info
24/10/2019
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| TAXON | NUMBER OF COI SEQUENCES | NUMBER OF BARCODES | BIN (BOLD DATABASE) |
|---|---|---|---|
| APHELOCHEIRIDAE | |||
| Aphelocheirus aestivalis (Fabricius, 1794) | |||
| CORIXIDAE | |||
| Arctocorisa carinata (C.R. Sahlberg, 1819) | |||
| Arctocorisa cf. germari (Fieber, 1848) | 11 | 4 | BOLD:ACY1261 |
| Callicorixa praeusta (Fieber, 1860) | 6 | 1 | BOLD:AAK1938 |
| C. cf. praeusta | 1 | 1 | BOLD:ADG5654 |
| Corixa affinis Leach, 1817 | |||
| Corixa dentipes (Thomson, 1869) | 3 | 2 | BOLD:ABX0387 |
| Corixa panzeri Fieber, 1848 | |||
| Corixa punctata (Illiger, 1807) | 1 | 0 | BOLD:ACB1799 |
| Glaenocorisa propinqua (Fieber, 1860) | |||
| Hesperocorixa linnaei (Fieber, 1848) | 1 | 1 | BOLD:ABX0448 |
| Hesperocorixa moesta (Fieber, 1848) | |||
| Hesperocorixa parallela (Fieber, 1860) | |||
| Hesperocorixa sahlbergi (Fieber, 1848) | 2 | 2 | BOLD:AAN0795 |
| Paracorixa concinna (Fieber, 1848) | |||
| Sigara distincta (Fieber, 1848) | 2 | 2 | BOLD:ABV4484 |
| Sigara falleni (Fieber, 1848) | |||
| Sigara fossarum (Leach, 1817) | |||
| Sigara lateralis (Leach, 1817) | |||
| Sigara limitata (Fieber, 1848) | |||
| Sigara nigrolineata (Fieber, 1848) | 59 | 1 | BOLD:ACB1978 |
| Sigara semistriata (Fieber, 1848) | |||
| Sigara striata (Linnaeus, 1758) | |||
| Cymatia coleoptrata (Fabricius, 1777) | |||
| Cymatia rogenhoferi (Fieber, 1864) | |||
| MICRONECTIDAE | |||
| Micronecta carpatica Wróblewski, 1958 | |||
| Micronecta griseola Horváth, 1899 | |||
| Micronecta minutissima (Linnaeus, 1758) | |||
| Micronecta poweri (Douglas & Scott, 1869) | |||
| Micronecta scholtzi (Fieber, 1860) | |||
| GERRIDAE | |||
| Aquarius najas (De Geer, 1773) | |||
| Aquarius paludum (Fabricius, 1794) | |||
| Gerris argentatus Schummel, 1832 | |||
| Gerris asper (Fieber, 1860) | |||
| Gerris gibbifer Schummel, 1832 | 2 | 2 | BOLD:ACB1756 |
| Gerris lacustris (Linnaeus, 1758) | |||
| Gerris lateralis Schummel, 1832 | 3 | 1 | BOLD:ABA3327 |
| Gerris odontogaster (Zetterstedt, 1828) | |||
| Gerris thoracicus Schummel, 1832 | |||
| Limnoporus rufoscutellatus (Latreille, 1807) | |||
| HEBRIDAE | |||
| Hebrus pusillus (Fallen, 1807) | |||
| Hebrus ruficeps Thomson, 1871 | |||
| HYDROMETRIDAE | |||
| Hydrometra gracilenta Horváth, 1899 | |||
| Hydrometra stagnorum (Linnaeus, 1758) | |||
| MESOVELIIDAE | |||
| Mesovelia furcata Mulsant & Rey, 1852 | |||
| NAUCORIDAE | |||
| Ilyocoris cimicoides (Linnaeus, 1758) | |||
| NEPIDAE | |||
| Nepa cinerea Linnaeus, 1758 | |||
| Ranatra linearis (Linnaeus, 1758) | |||
| NOTONECTIDAE | |||
| Anisops sardeus Herrich-Schäffer, 1849 | |||
| Notonecta glauca Linnaeus, 1758 | 9 | 1 | BOLD:AAK4442 |
| Notonecta lutea Müller, 1776 | |||
| Notonecta maculata Fabricius, 1794 | |||
| Notonecta viridis Delcourt, 1909 | 1 | 1 | BOLD:ABV0133 |
| PLEIDAE | |||
| Plea minutissima Leach, 1817 | |||
| VELIIDAE | |||
| Microvelia buenoi Drake, 1920 | |||
| Microvelia reticulata (Burmeister, 1835) | |||
| Microvelia pygmaea (Dufour, 1833) | |||
| Velia caprai Tamanini, 1947 | |||
| Velia saulii Tamanini, 1947 |
Authors of pictures: Matej Žiak, Fedor Čiampor, Zuzana Čiamporová-Zaťovičová, Tomáš Čejka
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