Biology:Curicta (bug)

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Curicta
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Nepidae
Subfamily: Nepinae
Genus: Curicta
Stål, 1861

Curicta is a genus of waterscorpions in the family Nepidae native to freshwater habitats in the Americas. There are more than 15 species, with most restricted to South America.[1][2] There are only two species in the United States: C. pronotata (Arizona to Texas ) and C. scorpio (Louisiana and Texas).[1]

Species

There are more than 15 species in the genus Curicta,[1][2] including:

Data sources: i = ITIS,[3] c = Catalogue of Life,[4] g = GBIF,[5] b = Bugguide.net[6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Keffer, S.L. (1996). "Systematics of the New World Waterscorpion Genus Curicta Stål (Heteroptera: Nepidae)". Journal of the New York Entomological Society 104 (3-4): 117-215. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Heckman, C.W. (2011). Encyclopedia of South American Aquatic Insects: Hemiptera - Heteroptera. Springer. pp. 356–367. ISBN 978-94-007-0704-7. 
  3. "Curicta Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=181194. Retrieved 2018-05-05. 
  4. "Browse Curicta". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/browse/tree/id/74cade55e330e94503d1618030138933. Retrieved 2018-05-05. 
  5. "Curicta". https://www.gbif.org/species/2007587. Retrieved 2018-05-05. 
  6. "Curicta Genus Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/196974. Retrieved 2018-05-05. 

Further reading

  • Sites, Robert W.; Polhemus, John T. (1994). "Nepidae (Hemiptera) of the United States and Canada". Annals of the Entomological Society of America 87 (1): 27–42. doi:10.1093/aesa/87.1.27. 
  • Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 1: Enicocephalomorpha, Dipsocoromorpha, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha and Leptopodomorpha. The Netherlands Entomological Society. 1995. ISBN 978-90-71912-12-2. 

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