Veliidae is a family of gregarious predatory insects in the suborder Heteroptera. They are commonly known as riffle bugs, small water striders, or broad-shouldered...
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Million years ago (Mya) in the Cretaceous, splitting from the sister group Veliidae, with whom they share a single origin of rowing as a locomotive mechanism...
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Gerroidea Gerridae (water striders) Hermatobatidae Veliidae (riffle bugs) Hebroidea Hebridae (velvet water bugs) Hydrometroidea Hydrometridae (marsh treaders...
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Perittopus asiaticus (category Veliidae)
Herbert (2001). "Five new species of Perittopus Fieber, 1861 (Hemiptera: Veliidae) from Southeast Asia" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 49 (1): 110–113...
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Gerroidea Gerridae (water striders) Hermatobatidae Veliidae (riffle bugs) Hebroidea Hebridae (velvet water bugs) Hydrometroidea Hydrometridae (marsh treaders...
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that a toy soap boat propels itself. Water bugs in the genus Microvelia (Veliidae) can travel at up to 17 cm/s, twice as fast as they can walk, by this means...
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Perittopus yunnanensis (category Veliidae)
on the Oriental genus Perittopus Fieber, 1861 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) with descriptions of four new species from China and Thailand". Zootaxa...
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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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Gerroidea Gerridae (water striders) Hermatobatidae Veliidae (riffle bugs) Hebroidea Hebridae (velvet water bugs) Hydrometroidea Hydrometridae (marsh treaders...
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Phoreticovelia disparata (category Veliidae)
called the Zeus bug, is a species of semi-aquatic bug from the family Veliidae (tribe Microveliini) with a unique form of sexual dimorphism. It is endemic...
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Rhagovelia cardia (category Veliidae)
of Rhagovelia in the R. angustipes complex from Colombia (Heteroptera: Veliidae)". Aquatic Insects. 33 (3): 203–231. Bibcode:2011AqIns..33..203P. doi:10...
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Gerroidea Gerridae (water striders) Hermatobatidae Veliidae (riffle bugs) Hebroidea Hebridae (velvet water bugs) Hydrometroidea Hydrometridae (marsh treaders...
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Rhagovelia calceola (category Veliidae)
of Rhagovelia in the R. angustipes complex from Colombia (Heteroptera: Veliidae)". Aquatic Insects. 33 (3): 203–231. Bibcode:2011AqIns..33..203P. doi:10...
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Perittopus breddini (category Veliidae)
Herbert (2001). "Five new species of Perittopus Fieber, 1861 (Hemiptera : Veliidae) from Southeast Asia" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 49 (1): 109...
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Gerroidea Gerridae (water striders) Hermatobatidae Veliidae (riffle bugs) Hebroidea Hebridae (velvet water bugs) Hydrometroidea Hydrometridae (marsh treaders...
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Gerroidea Gerridae (water striders) Hermatobatidae Veliidae (riffle bugs) Hebroidea Hebridae (velvet water bugs) Hydrometroidea Hydrometridae (marsh treaders...
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Gerroidea Gerridae (water striders) Hermatobatidae Veliidae (riffle bugs) Hebroidea Hebridae (velvet water bugs) Hydrometroidea Hydrometridae (marsh treaders...
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Gerroidea Gerridae (water striders) Hermatobatidae Veliidae (riffle bugs) Hebroidea Hebridae (velvet water bugs) Hydrometroidea Hydrometridae (marsh treaders...
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Gerroidea Gerridae (water striders) Hermatobatidae Veliidae (riffle bugs) Hebroidea Hebridae (velvet water bugs) Hydrometroidea Hydrometridae (marsh treaders...
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Microvelia (category Veliidae)
Microvelia is a genus of aquatic bugs in the family Veliidae. There are at least 230 described species in Microvelia. List of Microvelia species Microvelia...
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Rhagovelia espriella (category Veliidae)
of Rhagovelia in the R. angustipes complex from Colombia (Heteroptera: Veliidae)". Aquatic Insects. 33 (3): 203–231. Bibcode:2011AqIns..33..203P. doi:10...
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Gerroidea Gerridae (water striders) Hermatobatidae Veliidae (riffle bugs) Hebroidea Hebridae (velvet water bugs) Hydrometroidea Hydrometridae (marsh treaders...
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Gerroidea Gerridae (water striders) Hermatobatidae Veliidae (riffle bugs) Hebroidea Hebridae (velvet water bugs) Hydrometroidea Hydrometridae (marsh treaders...
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Rhagovelia obesa (category Veliidae)
Rhagovelia obesa is a species of smaller water striders in the family Veliidae. It is found in North America. "Rhagovelia obesa Species Information". BugGuide...
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List of Rhagovelia species (category Veliidae)
species in Rhagovelia, a genus of smaller water striders in the family Veliidae. Rhagovelia abalienata Hoberlandt, 1951 i c g Rhagovelia aberrans Andersen...
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Rhagovelia choreutes (category Veliidae)
John A. (1956). "A Taxonomic Study of the Genus Rhagovelia (Hemiptera, Veliidae) of the Western Hemisphere". The University of Kansas Science Bulletin...
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Gerroidea Gerridae (water striders) Hermatobatidae Veliidae (riffle bugs) Hebroidea Hebridae (velvet water bugs) Hydrometroidea Hydrometridae (marsh treaders...
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Rhagovelia distincta (category Veliidae)
Rhagovelia distincta is a species of smaller water strider in the family Veliidae. It is found in Central America and North America. "Rhagovelia distincta...
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Gerroidea Gerridae (water striders) Hermatobatidae Veliidae (riffle bugs) Hebroidea Hebridae (velvet water bugs) Hydrometroidea Hydrometridae (marsh treaders...
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Rhagovelia grandis (category Veliidae)
of Rhagovelia in the R. angustipes complex from Colombia (Heteroptera: Veliidae)". Aquatic Insects. 33 (3): 203–231. Bibcode:2011AqIns..33..203P. doi:10...
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