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Hemiptera: Gerridae of Gunnison County, Colorado

Introduction

Water Strider, Pond Skater

Updated 18 May 2007 (Under Construction :-)

Wingless Gerris.


Notice the "sinuous" margin of the inside of the eye.

Good Links

  • Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerridae

  • Introduction to Gerromorpha (which includes Gerridae) - by Gordon Ramel http://www.earthlife.net/insects/gerromorpha.html

    • References

    Andersen, NM 1977 Fine structure of the body hair layers and morphology of the spiracles of semiaquatic bugs (Insecta, Hemiptera, Gerromorpha) in relation to life on the water surface. Entomol. Scand. 8 : 301-316.

    Andersen,NM 1993 Classification, phylogeny, and zoogeography of the pond skater genus Gerris Fabricius (Hemiptera: Gerridae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 71, 2473-2508.

    Gao X, Jiang L 2004 Biophysics: water-repellent legs of water striders. Nature 432 (7013): 36.

    Hungerford, H.B. and Matsuda, R. 1960 Keys to subfamilies, tribes, genera and subgenera of the Gerridae of the world. Kans. Univ. Sci. Bull. 41 : 3-23.

    Junger,W; Varj£,D 1990 Drift compensation and its sensory basis in waterstriders (Gerris paludum F.). Journal of Comparative Physiology A. Sensory, Neural and Behavioral Physiology 167, 441-446.

    Leach WE. 1815. Entomology. Brewster's Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. 9:57-102.

    Matsuda, R. 1960 Morphology, evolution and a classification of the Gerridae (Hemiptera-Heteroptera). Univ. Kans. Sci. Bull. 41 : 25-632

    Vepsäläinen, K. 1971 The roles of photoperiodism and genetic switch in alary polymorphism in Gerris. Acta Entomol. Fenn. 28: 101-102

    Wilcox,RS; Maier,HA 1991 Facultative estivation in the water strider Gerris remigis. Canadian Journal of Zoology 69, 1412-1413.


    Brown,WS 2006 Hemiptera of Gunnison County, Colorado
    www.gunnisoninsects.org