Biology:Metrobates

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Short description: Genus of true bugs

Metrobates
Metrobates hesperius 1.jpg
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Gerridae
Subfamily: Trepobatinae
Genus: Metrobates
Uhler, 1871
Synonyms[1]
  • Trepobatopsis Champion, 1898

Metrobates is a genus of water striders in the family Gerridae. There are about 16 described species in Metrobates.[1][2][3]

Species

These 16 species belong to the genus Metrobates:

  • Metrobates alacris Drake, 1955
  • Metrobates amblydonti Nieser, 1993-31
  • Metrobates anomalus Hussey, 1948
  • Metrobates artus Anderson, 1932
  • Metrobates curracis Drake & Roze, 1954
  • Metrobates denticornis (Champion, 1898)
  • Metrobates fugientis Drake & Harris, 1945-01
  • Metrobates hesperius Uhler, 1871
  • Metrobates laetus Drake, 1954
  • Metrobates laudatus Drake & Harris, 1937
  • Metrobates plaumanni Hungerford, 1951-01
  • Metrobates porcus Anderson, 1932
  • Metrobates sanciprianensis Castro-Vargas, Morales & Molano-Rendón, 2018
  • Metrobates trux (Torre-bueno, 1921)
  • Metrobates tumidus Anderson, 1932
  • Metrobates vigilis Drake, 1958-01


References

Further reading

  • 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. 

Wikidata ☰ Q10583380 entry