Biology:Paracorixa concinna

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Short description: Species of true bug

Paracorixa concinna
Paracorixa concinna (Corixidae) - (imago), Arnhem, the Netherlands - 3.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Corixidae
Genus: Paracorixa
Species:
P. concinna
Binomial name
Paracorixa concinna
(Fieber, 1848)

Paracorixa concinna is a species of water boatman in the family Corixidae. It is found in Europe[1][2]

It has been reported to be an intermediate host to the tapeworm species Tatria biremis which infects grebes of the genus Podiceps.[3]

References

  1. Tree of Life Web Project. 2005
  2. "Paracorixa concinna". https://www.gbif.org/species/4485394. Retrieved 2018-07-28. 
  3. Kukashev, D.S. (1983). "Sigara concinna Fieb., an intermediate host of Tatria biremis (Cestoda, Amabiliidae)". Parazitologiia 17 (2): 165-168. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7134018 entry