Biology:Curicta (bug)
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Short description: Genus of true bugs
| Curicta | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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:
- Curicta montei De Carlo, 1960 g
- Curicta pronotata Kuitert, 1949 i c g b
- Curicta scorpio Stål, 1862 i c g b
Data sources: i = ITIS,[3] c = Catalogue of Life,[4] g = GBIF,[5] b = Bugguide.net[6]
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Heckman, C.W. (2011). Encyclopedia of South American Aquatic Insects: Hemiptera - Heteroptera. Springer. pp. 356–367. ISBN 978-94-007-0704-7.
- ↑ "Curicta Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=181194. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ↑ "Browse Curicta". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/browse/tree/id/74cade55e330e94503d1618030138933. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ↑ "Curicta". https://www.gbif.org/species/2007587. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ↑ "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.
Wikidata ☰ Q10463673 entry
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