Biology:Platyvelia
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Short description: Genus of true bugs
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Veliidae |
| Genus: | Platyvelia J. Polhemus & D. Polhemus, 1993 |
Platyvelia is a genus of smaller water striders in the family Veliidae. There are about nine described species in Platyvelia.[1][2][3]
Species
These nine species belong to the genus Platyvelia:
- Platyvelia alvaradana (Drake & Hottes, 1952)
- Platyvelia annulipes (Champion, 1898)
- Platyvelia beameri (Hungerford, 1929)
- Platyvelia brachialis (Stål, 1860)
- Platyvelia egregia (Drake & Harris, 1935)
- Platyvelia maritima (J. Polhemus & Manzano, 1992)
- Platyvelia summersi (Drake, 1951)
- Platyvelia verana (Drake & Hottes, 1952)
- Platyvelia verdica (Drake, 1951)
References
- ↑ "Platyvelia Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=721780. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ↑ "Platyvelia". https://www.gbif.org/species/2020341. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ↑ "Platyvelia genus Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/1394942. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
Further reading
- Polhemus, John T.; Polhemus, Dan A. (1993). "Two new genera for New World Veliinae (Heteroptera: Veliidae)". Journal of the New York Entomological Society 101 (3): 391–398. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52158068#page/93/mode/1up.
- Moreira, F. F. F.; Nessimian, J. L.; Rúdio, J. A.; Salles, F. F. (2010). "New species and new records of Veliidae from Espírito Santo State and adjacent Minas Gerais State, Brazil, with notes on nomenclature (Insecta: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha)". Journal of Natural History 44 (45–46): 2761–2801. doi:10.1080/00222933.2010.512423.
- Epler, J. H. (2006). Identification manual for the aquatic and semi-aquatic Heteroptera of Florida. Florida Department of Environmental Protection. http://publicfiles.dep.state.fl.us/dear/labs/biology/biokeys/heteroptera.pdf.
- 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 ☰ Q10633630 entry
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