Heteroptera from southeastern asia, mostly from brunei and the philippines herbert zettel1, david j. The braziliansavannah, called cerrado, has the richest flora among the worlds savannahs, and the state of goias comprises part of this biome. Water scorpions have a broad and distinctly flattened body and three pairs of long segmented legs. Hemiptera is the largest order of hemimetabolous insects not undergoing complete metamorphosis. Milwaukee public museum contributions in biology and geology 88. Order hemiptera true bugs, cicadas, hoppers, aphids and allies. A key to stream insects university of new hampshire. Most saldids are littoral, inhabiting lake shores, beaches and stream banks and they are predaceous, feeding on small insects and decaying animal materials brooks and kelton 1967. Members of the family are found throughout the world, but their highest diversity is in the tropics.
Bureau of plant industry, pennsylvania department ofagriculture, harrisburg, pennsylvania 17120. Suresh kumar southern regional station, zoological survey of india, chennai600 028 introduction the rinformation available on aquatic and semiquatic hemiptera indicate that not much is. Heteroptera wolfgang rabitsch austrian federal environment agency, spittelauer lande 5, 1090 wien, austria. Proceedings of the entomological society of washington, 59, 145162. Annand 1924 a new species of adelges hemiptera, phylloxeridae. Gelastocoridae catch their prey by leaping on top of them and grasping them with their modified front legs. Any of numerous insects of the order hemiptera, having mouthparts used for piercing and sucking and two pairs of wings, and including the cicadas, the aphids, and the heteropterans, such as the assassin bugs. Todd falls church, virginia our knowledge of the gelastocorid fauna of australia has developed very slowly since the description of mononyx suberosus erichson 1842. Aphids are usually hermaphroditic during part of the life cycle, so that females are able produce unfertilized eggs, that develop into viable individuals. Checklist and new records of notonectidae hemiptera. Longbranch attraction and the phylogeny of true water bugs. Miridae in the new zealand subregion compared with subgenera now genera studied by leston 1952 and niastama reuter.
Gelastocoris is a genus of toad bugs in the family gelastocoridae. About 335 extant species have been described in this cosmopolitan family schuh and polhemus 2009. New information new records are presented for eleven species of gerromorpha and ten nepomorpha, including. New records for mexico for the following species are also provided. First discovered in the united statesinthemid1990sinornearallentown,pahoebekeandcarter2003,thedistributionof h. They are reminiscent of toads both in the warty appearance and hopping movements of some species biology. Hemipteran definition of hemipteran by the free dictionary. Notes on some toad bugs from china hemiptera, heteroptera, gelastocoridae. Lab notes for the aquatic hemiptera university of michigan. Adelges tsugae annand, 1924 common names hemlock woolly adelgid in english hemlock woolly adelgid in english hemlock woolly adelgid in language. Description of the preimaginal instars of nerthra gaucha estevezschnack hemiptera. This pdf is provided by magnolia press for privateresearch use. Miridae and stink bugs a complex largely comprised of southern green stink bug, nezara viridula l. These harmless tiny insects feed on fungi and usually live under loose bark or.
Pentatomidae in china, japan, and the republic of korea doohyung lee,1,2 brent d. Hosted by the usgs core science analytics and synthesis. While every effort has been made to provide the most reliable and uptodate information available, ultimate legal requirements with respect to species are contained in. Modified coloredbeak, blunt, triangle shaped nonsegmented mouth. Pdf a catalogue of the heteroptera hemiptera or true. Comparison of cotton damage from tarnished plant bug. Families are arranged alphabetically under their respective orders. Fulvius slateri, newname, is proposed in the family miridae as a replacement name for f. Review of the nine species of nerthra say, 1832 hemiptera. A common feature of the order hemiptera is the elongated beak modified mouthparts that projects from the head. Coccidae is transferred to the genus neotoumeyella kondo and williams, 2009, as neotoumeyella ferum hempel, comb.
Pentatomidae, is an invasive species native to china, japan, korea, and taiwan hoebeke and carter 2003. Jan 31, 2001 lab notes for the aquatic hemiptera heteroptera true bugs notes on morphologytaxonomy of immatures synonomies for selected michigan taxa list of taxa presented additional references taxa list of michigan aquatic heteroptera. Checklist of the hemiptera heteroptera of north america. Short front legs, much shorter than other pairs of legs. New shore bug hemiptera, heteroptera, saldidae from the. Toad bugs gelastocoridae are a remarkable group of aquatic bugs nepomorpha. The subsequent advances by stal 1854 and 1863, montandon 1899 and 1900, horvath 1902, distant 1904 and todd. Pentatomidae are the primary targets for a large portion of the insecticides being applied to. There are more than 20 described species in gelastocoris. Insect images is a joint project of the university of georgia warnell school of forestry and natural resources, college of agricultural and environmental sciences department of entomology, center for invasive species and ecosystem health, georgia museum of natural history, the entomology society of america and usda identification technology program. Ii preface this study was completed at the institute for commercial forestry research icfr.
Hemiptera, or true bugs, belong to the infraclass neoptera. Five new species of gelastocoridae with comments on other species hemiptera. Hemiptera, pathway, impact introduction it is unlikely to become established. Pangaeus moestus stal, pangaeus homaloporus punctilinea froeschner, and p.
The large, diverse family of true bugs contains several insects of importance to anglers, both aquatic and terrestrial terrestrial. There are half a dozen species of bark bugs aradidae in britain. Catalogue of the specimens of hemiptera heteroptera in the. This is why flow remains at a suboptimal quality and completeness assurance level. Two new species in the leafhopper genus pythamus melichar hemiptera. Some hemiptera are primarily aquatic and can be recognized by the possession of antennae that are shorter than the head and concealed below the eye see figure 7.
Most previous studies of morphological and molecular data have consistently supported the monophyly of the true water bugs hemiptera. The genus neotoumeyella is rediagnosed in order to accommodate the unique features of. Miridae in new zealand and descriptions of new taxa. A new combination and an update of neotoumeyella kondo. Itis taxonomy is based on the latest scientific consensus available, and is provided as a general reference source for interested parties. When not feeding, it is mostly composed under the head. One new species and one new record of helotrephes insecta. What links here related changes upload file special pages permanent link. However, it is not a legal authority for statutory or regulatory purposes. Biases associated with lba have been identified in many phylogenetic studies, including analyses of mammals 3, 4, birds. One exception is the gelastocoridae, which are riparian and possess short antennae. Hemiptera belostomatidae corixidae gelastocoridae gerridae hebridae hydrometridae macroveliidae mesoveliidae naucoridae nepidae notonectidae ochteridae pleidae saldidae veliidae megaloptera corydalidae sialidae.
Only about 10% of all species of hemiptera are associated with water, and these are representatives of 15 families of the suborder heteroptera, 14 of which occur in northeastern north america. At that time, very little material was available from some areas of the old world, especially from indonesia, melanesia and australia. Proceedings of the entomological society of w ashington 59. Hemiptera are associated with water, and these are representatives of 15 families of the suborder heteroptera, 14 of which occur in northeastern north america.
Miridae by deidre suzanne ingham submitted in partail fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of masters of science in the department of zoology and entomology university of natal pietermaritzburg 1995. Currently, it comprises four suborders forero 2008, whose the referred suborder heteroptera consist of insects having piercingsucking mouthparts inserted into the anterior part of the head and forewings, when present, of. New records are presented for eleven species of gerromorpha and ten nepomorpha, including first records from venezuela brachymetra lata, limnogonus hyalinus, rhagovelia evidis, tenagobia peruana, limnocoris burmeisteri, l. Perhaps the best known are the water boatmen of corixidae, which. The gelastocoridae toad bugs is a family of about 100 species of insects in the suborder heteroptera. Page designed through the cooperative efforts of interagency itis teams. Henry the frost entomological museum, department of entomology, the pennsylvania state university, university park, pennsylvania 16802 present address. Order hemiptera family list vcsu macroinvertebrate lab. Longbranch attraction and the phylogeny of true water.
Most of the land or terrestrial bugs are found in the tropics, although many are found in britain, especially in southern britain. General summary of homoptera the homoptera includes a large number of different forms ranging in size from the usually microscopic coccidae to the large tropical lantern bugs fulgoridae and the cicadas, which may attain 5 cm. Click on any family to view pictures and descriptions of that organism. They grasp their prey, inject enzymes that breakdown body tissues, and suck out the resulting fluids. The truly aquatic species are usually found under water, but many possess. The saldidae is a small family of insects belonging to heteroptera. Sternorrhyncha, auchenorrhyncha, coleorrhyncha and heteroptera. Their habitus, several characters of external morphology and genitalia are illustrated. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext.
Insects which live on land and are fed on by trout only when they incidentally fall into the water are known as terrestrials to fly anglers, and theyre very important in late summer. Key to california semiaquatic and aquatic hemiptera based on habitats and habits of the nepomor pha. A catalogue of the heteroptera hemiptera or true bugs of argentina article pdf available in zootaxa 42951. Dorsal habitus photographs of the two species, nerthraasiatica horvath, 1892 and. Longbranch attraction lba is a bias that results in spurious support for relationships between two or more long branches in an estimated phylogenetic tree when the assumed model of evolution is too simplistic 1, 2. Gelastocoridae are riparian insects, generally found at the margins.
Gelastocoridae are riparian insects, generally found at the margins of streams and ponds, where they are predators of small insects. New genera and species of the lyguscomplex hemiptera. New records and checklist of aquatic and semiaquatic. These insects are fairly large predators found in aquatic environments. The heteroptera include both land bugs and water bugs. The semiaquatic and aquatic hemiptera of california. Synonymy of the provancher collection of hemiptera. Toad bugs gelastocoridae are a remarkable group of aquatic bugs. With the cicadas are the leafhoppers, treehoppers and froghoppers, all active insects. Order hemiptera see classification note below for a list of all of the orders in this key, click here. A taxonomic revision of the family gelastocoridae hemiptera. Hemiptera is the largest hemimetabolous insect order.