Nepidae is a family of exclusively aquatic Heteropteran insects in the order Hemiptera. They are commonly called water scorpions for their superficial...
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Ranatra montezuma (category Nepidae)
Ranatra montezuma is a species of waterscorpion in the family Nepidae. It is endemic to Montezuma Well in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. "Ranatra...
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Ranatra fusca (category Nepidae)
Ranatra fusca is a water stick-insect in the family Nepidae, native to North America. It is known by the common name brown water scorpion. It is generally...
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Ranatra linearis (category Nepidae)
Ranatra linearis is a species of aquatic bug in the Nepidae family. It is native to Eurasia and North Africa, and primarily found near aquatic plants...
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for a number of insects. Dragonfly nymphs Fly maggots Mosquito larvae Nepidae (water scorpions) Algae Biofilm A number of species of frogs prefer stagnant...
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and that could refer not to a scorpion, but rather to a water scorpion (Nepidae). According to this hypothesis, Serket is referred to as "she who gives...
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Nepa (bug) (category Nepidae)
Nepa is a genus belonging to the family Nepidae, known as water scorpions. There are six species found in freshwater habitats in the Northern Hemisphere...
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shrimp), and various insect families, such as Mantispidae, Belostomatidae, Nepidae, and Naucoridae (all members of these groups have raptorial forelegs)....
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Nepa cinerea (category Nepidae)
Nepa cinerea is a species of water scorpion (Nepidae), found in most of Europe, including the British Isles, as well as North Africa and southern and...
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predators of invertebrates and in some cases – like the large water scorpions (Nepidae) and giant water bugs (Belostomatidae) – even small fish and amphibians...
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Ranatra (category Nepidae)
Ranatra is a genus of slender predatory insects of the family Nepidae, known as water scorpions or water stick-insects. There are around 100 Ranatra species...
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(Taurulus bubalis) Short-spined sea scorpion (Myoxocephalus scorpius) Nepidae, an insect, commonly known as a water scorpion This disambiguation page...
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Corixoidea Corixidae (water boatmen) Nepoidea Belostomatidae (giant water bugs) Nepidae (water scorpions, needle bugs) Ochteroidea Gelastocoridae (toad bugs) Ochteridae...
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Corixoidea Corixidae (water boatmen) Nepoidea Belostomatidae (giant water bugs) Nepidae (water scorpions, needle bugs) Ochteroidea Gelastocoridae (toad bugs) Ochteridae...
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aquatic lifestyle, such as the water boatmen (Corixidae), water scorpions (Nepidae), and backswimmers (Notonectidae). They are mostly predatory, and have...
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Ranatra buenoi (category Nepidae)
Ranatra buenoi is a species of waterscorpion in the family Nepidae. It is found in North America. "Ranatra buenoi Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information...
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Laccotrephes pfeiferiae (category Nepidae)
Laccotrephes pfeiferiae is a species of water scorpion belonging to the family Nepidae. It was until 1999 considered synonym of Laccotrephes robustus; records...
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Cercotmetus (category Nepidae)
(Hemiptera-Heteroptera: Nepidae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 116 [5] 83-106. Chen P; Nieser N; Ho JZ (2004). "Review of Chinese Ranatrinae (Hemiptera: Nepidae), with...
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Corixoidea Corixidae (water boatmen) Nepoidea Belostomatidae (giant water bugs) Nepidae (water scorpions, needle bugs) Ochteroidea Gelastocoridae (toad bugs) Ochteridae...
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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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Corixoidea Corixidae (water boatmen) Nepoidea Belostomatidae (giant water bugs) Nepidae (water scorpions, needle bugs) Ochteroidea Gelastocoridae (toad bugs) Ochteridae...
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Laccotrephes (category Nepidae)
Laccotrephes is a genus of water scorpion belonging to the family Nepidae. They are carnivorous insects that hunt near the water surface. They are not...
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aquatic insects, such as various predatory hemipterans in the families Nepidae, Notonectidae, and Corixidae eat Chironomidae in their aquatic phases....
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Nepa anophthalma (category Nepidae)
Nepa anophthalma is a species of troglofaunal insect in the Nepidae family (water scorpions), and in the genus Nepa. It holds the distinction of being...
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Ranatra brevicollis (category Nepidae)
Ranatra brevicollis is a species of waterscorpion in the family Nepidae. It is found in Central America and North America. "Ranatra brevicollis Report"...
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Laccotrephes tristis (category Nepidae)
known as a toe-biter, that occurs Australia-wide and is part of the family Nepidae. They are an aquatic predatory insect that breath air. Australian water...
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Corixoidea Corixidae (water boatmen) Nepoidea Belostomatidae (giant water bugs) Nepidae (water scorpions, needle bugs) Ochteroidea Gelastocoridae (toad bugs) Ochteridae...
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1994). "Stygobiotic Waterscorpion, Nepa anophthalma, n. sp. (Heteroptera: Nepidae), from a Sulfurous Cave in Romania". Annals of the Entomological Society...
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Corixoidea Corixidae (water boatmen) Nepoidea Belostomatidae (giant water bugs) Nepidae (water scorpions, needle bugs) Ochteroidea Gelastocoridae (toad bugs) Ochteridae...
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Corixoidea Corixidae (water boatmen) Nepoidea Belostomatidae (giant water bugs) Nepidae (water scorpions, needle bugs) Ochteroidea Gelastocoridae (toad bugs) Ochteridae...
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