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    Microvelia reticultata Microvelia reticultata in copula Microvelia reticultata in copula Microvelia macgregori Adult and nymphs (India) "Microvelia Report"...
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  • species in Microvelia, a genus of smaller water striders in the family Veliidae. Microvelia acantha (Padilla-Gil, 2013) i c g Microvelia addisi Poisson...
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    Microvelia buenoi is a species of smaller water strider in the family Veliidae. It is found in Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China) and North America...
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  • Microvelia cavicola is a species of smaller water strider in the family Veliidae. It has only been recorded in Panama and is one of the few veliid species...
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    Microvelia pulchella is a species of smaller water strider in the family Veliidae. It is found in the New World. "Microvelia pulchella Report". Integrated...
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  • Microvelia americana is a species of smaller water strider in the family Veliidae. It is found in North America. "Microvelia americana Report". Integrated...
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    Microvelia macgregori is a species of true bug in the family Veliidae. It is semi-aquatic, living on the surface of water in freshwater habitats in New...
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  • Microvelia karunaratnei is a species of smaller water strider in the family Veliidae. It has only been recorded in Sri Lanka and is one of the few veliid...
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    Microvelia reticulata is a Palearctic species of true bug. It is aquatic. K. H. C. Jordan: Wasserwanzen. Die Neue Brehm-Bücherei, Leipzig, 1950. . Mamaev...
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    Microvelia pygmaea is a Palearctic species of true bug. It is aquatic. K. H. C. Jordan: Wasserwanzen. Die Neue Brehm-Bücherei, Leipzig, 1950. . Mamaev...
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    Microvelia vagans, the Hawaiʻi pond bug, is a small species of water treader endemic to the Hawaiian islands. M. vagans is endemic to Hawaiʻi, where it...
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    same way 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...
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    propel themselves using the Marangoni effect. Hu and Bush report that Microvelia can attain a peak speed of 17 cm/s, which is twice its peak walking speed...
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    ruficeps Hydrometra gracilenta Hydrometra stagnorum Microvelia buenoi Microvelia pygmaea Microvelia reticulata Velia caprai Velia saulii Aquarius najas...
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  • grown for patients that need to have a transplant or repair performed. Microvelia exploit surface tension by creating a surface tension gradient that propels...
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    bug" website, and illustrations by Des Helmore. Mitophyllus parrianus Microvelia macgregori Platisus zelandicus Lasiorhynchus barbicornis Ward, Darren...
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    an ideal habitat for giant damselflies in secondary forest. The beetle Microvelia cavicola also lives in the water-filled holes, with the type specimen...
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    Tamanini, 1947 Mangrovelia Linnavuori, 1977 Menuthiasia Poisson, 1952 Microvelia Westwood, 1834 Microveloidella Poisson, 1952 Microvelopsis Andersen &...
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  • 1832 Limnoporus rufoscutellatus (Latreille 1807) Microvelia reticulata (Burmeister 1835) Microvelia pygmaea (Dufour 1833) Velia caprai Tamanini 1947 Velia...
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  • odontogaster Gerris thoracicus Limnoporus rufoscutellatus Microvelia buenoi Microvelia pygmaea Microvelia reticulata Velia caprai Velia saulii Hebrus pusillus...
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    external forces has been demonstrated for microswimmers.  Bioinspired by microvelia beetles which are capable of gliding on the water at high speeds, microswimmers...
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