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    Notonectidae is a cosmopolitan family of aquatic insects in the order Hemiptera, commonly called backswimmers because they swim "upside down" (inverted)...
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    defence; some, like the common backswimmer (Notonecta glauca) of the Notonectidae can easily pierce the skin of humans and deliver a wound often more painful...
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    out. Stridulatory sounds are produced among the aquatic Corixidae and Notonectidae (backswimmers) using tibial combs rubbed across rostral ridges. Hemipterans...
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  • kirbyi, or Kirby's backswimmer, is a species of backswimmer in the family Notonectidae. It is found in North America. "Notonecta kirbyi Report". Integrated...
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    or common backswimmer, is a species of aquatic insect in the family Notonectidae. This species is found in large parts of Europe, North Africa, and east...
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    Notonecta glauca, or greater water-boatman, an insect of a different family, Notonectidae. Corixidae generally have a long flattened body ranging from 2.5 to 15 mm...
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  • Notonecta indica is a species of backswimmer in the family Notonectidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, North America, Oceania, and...
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  • Notonecta borealis is a species of backswimmer in the family Notonectidae. It is found in North America. "Notonecta borealis Report". Integrated Taxonomic...
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    Notonecta lunata is a species of backswimmer in the family Notonectidae. It is found in North America. "Notonecta lunata Report". Integrated Taxonomic...
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  • Notonecta insulata is a species of backswimmer in the family Notonectidae. It is found in North America. "Notonecta insulata Report". Integrated Taxonomic...
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    Buenoa (category Notonectidae)
    (Heteroptera: Notonectidae) de Colombia". Agronomía Colombiana (in Spanish). 21 (1–2): 49–53. Nieser, N. (1970). "Records of the South American Notonectidae, mainly...
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    known by the common name grousewinged backswimmer, are from the family Notonectidae and the insect suborder Heteroptera. They are a type of hemipteran or...
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    Potamocoridae Naucoroidea Naucoridae (creeping water bugs) Notonectoidea Notonectidae (backswimmers) Pleoidea Helotrephidae Pleidae (pygmy backswimmers)...
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    This is a list of aquatic heteropteran bug species recorded in Britain. Nepa cinerea Ranatra linearis Micronecta scholtzi Micronecta griseola Micronecta...
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    Notonecta (category Notonectidae)
    known as backswimmers or water-boatmen, is a genus of bugs in the family Notonectidae. Species in this genus include: Notonecta borealis Notonecta glauca Notonecta...
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    Notonecta uhleri is a species of backswimmer in the family Notonectidae. It is found in North America. "Notonecta uhleri Report". Integrated Taxonomic...
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  • Notonecta unifasciata is a species of backswimmer in the family Notonectidae. It is found in Central America, North America, and South America. These three...
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  • Notonecta spinosa is a species of backswimmer in the family Notonectidae. It is found in North America. "Notonecta spinosa Report". Integrated Taxonomic...
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    Potamocoridae Naucoroidea Naucoridae (creeping water bugs) Notonectoidea Notonectidae (backswimmers) Pleoidea Helotrephidae Pleidae (pygmy backswimmers)...
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  • Notonecta lobata is a species of backswimmer in the family Notonectidae. It is found in North America. "Notonecta lobata Report". Integrated Taxonomic...
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  • Buenoa prosthetus (category Notonectidae)
    Padilla-Gil, Dora N. "Five new species of Buenoa (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Notonectidae) from Colombia." Zootaxa 2411 (2010): 22-32. PADILLA, DORA NANCY. "Spatial...
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    Potamocoridae Naucoroidea Naucoridae (creeping water bugs) Notonectoidea Notonectidae (backswimmers) Pleoidea Helotrephidae Pleidae (pygmy backswimmers)...
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    Buenoa marki (category Notonectidae)
    Buenoa marki is a species of backswimmer in the family Notonectidae. It is only known from the solution holes near the Pinelands Trail in Everglades National...
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    Potamocoridae Naucoroidea Naucoridae (creeping water bugs) Notonectoidea Notonectidae (backswimmers) Pleoidea Helotrephidae Pleidae (pygmy backswimmers)...
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  • Buenoa tumaquensis (category Notonectidae)
    Padilla-Gil, Dora N. "Five new species of Buenoa (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Notonectidae) from Colombia." Zootaxa 2411 (2010): 22-32. PADILLA, DORA NANCY. "Spatial...
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    Notonecta maculata is a backswimmer of the family Notonectidae, found in Europe, including the United Kingdom. Notonecta maculata are small, light brown...
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    Potamocoridae Naucoroidea Naucoridae (creeping water bugs) Notonectoidea Notonectidae (backswimmers) Pleoidea Helotrephidae Pleidae (pygmy backswimmers)...
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  • Sallenave, A. S. (2010), "Recent genus Notonecta (Insecta: Heteroptera: Notonectidae) in the Lower Cretaceous of San Luis, Argentina: Palaeoecological implications"...
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    of true water bugs, and are closely related to the true backswimmers (Notonectidae), but closer still to the Helotrephidae, another family of tiny Nepomorpha...
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    insects, such as various predatory hemipterans in the families Nepidae, Notonectidae, and Corixidae eat Chironomidae in their aquatic phases. Additionally...
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