Biology:Merragata

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Short description: Genus of true bugs

Merragata
Merragata hebroides.jpg
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Hebridae
Subfamily: Hebrinae
Genus: Merragata
Buchanan-White, 1877

Merragata is a genus of velvet water bugs in the family Hebridae. There are about seven described species in Merragata.[1][2][3]

Species

These seven species belong to the genus Merragata:

  • Merragata brunnea Drake, 1917
  • Merragata hackeri Hungerford, 1934
  • Merragata hebroides Buchanan-White, 1877
  • Merragata pallescens Distant, 1909
  • Merragata quieta Drake, 1952
  • Merragata sessoris Drake & Harris, 1943
  • Merragata truxali Porter, 1955

References

Further reading

  • Drake, Carl J.; Chapman, Harold C. (1958). "New Neotropical Hebridae, including a catalogue of the American species (Hemiptera)". Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 48 (10): 317–326. 
  • Bright, E. (2002–2011). "Aquatic Insects of Michigan". http://www.aquaticinsects.org/. Retrieved 2019-07-02. 
  • Andersen, N. Møller (1981). "Semiaquatic bugs: phylogeny and classification of the Hebridae (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha) with revisions of Timasius, Neotimasius and Hyrcanus". Systematic Entomology 6 (4): 377–412. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1981.tb00049.x. 
  • 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 ☰ Q10581914 entry