Biology:Rhagovelia obesa

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Short description: Species of true bug

Rhagovelia obesa
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Veliidae
Genus: Rhagovelia
Species:
R. obesa
Binomial name
Rhagovelia obesa
Uhler, 1871
Synonyms
  • Torre-Bueno, 1924 Torre-Bueno, 1924
  • Rhagovelia flavicincta Rhagovelia arctoa
  • Torre-Bueno, 1924 Rhagovelia obesa flavicincta

Rhagovelia obesa is a species of smaller water striders in the family Veliidae.[1][2] It is found in North America.[2]

References

  • Polhemus, Dan A. (1997). "Systematics of the Genus Rhagovelia Mayr (Heteroptera: Veliidae) in the Western Hemisphere (Exclusive of the angustipes Complex)". Thomas Say Publications in Entomology: Monographs, ii + 386.
  • Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner. (1988). Catalog of the Heteroptera, True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States. Brill Academic Publishers.

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q10652095 entry