Sex on the Beach: Sexual Size Dimorphism Among Aquatic Bugs (Nepomorpha) Inhabiting Different Habitats [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionAquatic bugs (Nepomorpha) are a species‐rich taxon of insects inhabiting all types of freshwaters, often at high densities, and some are among the dominant predators in aquatic food webs.
Gábor Bakonyi, Anikó Seres
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The Leg Sensilla of Insects From Different Habitats—Comparison of Strictly Aquatic and Riparian Bugs (Corixidae, Ochteridae, Gelastocoridae: Nepomorpha: Insecta: Heteroptera) [PDF]
Insects, 2023 The aim of this study was to analyze morphological types and arrangement of the leg sensilla of Corixidae, Ochteridae and Gelastocoridae, in relation to their various habitats.
Dan A. Polhemus +2 more
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Comparative Study of Antennal Sensilla of Corixidae and Micronectidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Nepomorpha: Corixoidea) [PDF]
Insects, 2020 The goal of this study was to analyze the types and distributional patterns of sensilla in Corixoidea, which is part of the approach to the phylogeny study of Nepomorpha, based on the morphological characters of sensilla.
Agnieszka Nowińska, Jolanta Brożek
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Phylogenetic Analysis of the True Water Bugs (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Nepomorpha): Evidence From Mitochondrial Genomes [PDF]
BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2009 Background The true water bugs are grouped in infraorder Nepomorpha (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera) and are of great economic importance. The phylogenetic relationships within Nepomorpha and the taxonomic hierarchies of Pleoidea and Aphelocheiroidea ...
Qiang Xie, Wenjun Bu
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Telomeric repeat diversity across Nepomorpha (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) revealed by whole-genome sequencing data [PDF]
Comparative CytogeneticsTelomeric sequences in the insect infraorder Nepomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) have previously been characterized only in the basal superfamily Nepoidea, where the canonical arthropod motif (TTAGG)n was confirmed by fluorescence in situ hybridization ...
Desislava Stoianova +2 more
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Morphology of the Antennal Sensilla of Notonectoidea and Comparison of Evolutionary Changes in Sensilla Types and Distribution in Infraorder Nepomorpha (Insecta: Heteroptera) [PDF]
Insects, 2021 This article introduces the results of a study of three families of Nepomorpha and is the last part of a series of studies that sums up our work on the morphologies of the antennal sensory structures in this taxon.
Agnieszka Nowińska, Jolanta Brożek
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Water bugs (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha, Nepomorpha) of the Caucasus ecoregion [PDF]
The European Zoological Journal, 2023 The Caucasian fauna of water bugs (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha, Nepomorpha) is reviewed based on data originating from literature survey, museum and private collections, and extensive field sampling.
G. M. Berchi +3 more
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Species assemblages of aquatic and semi-aquatic true bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) of anthropogenic ponds of the green zone in Bangkok, Thailand [PDF]
Biodiversity Data JournalAquatic and semi-aquatic true bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) are highly abundant in both lentic and lotic systems in Thailand. More than 230 species representing 12 families of these insects have been reported from freshwater habitats in Thailand.
Natthapont Janthachid +3 more
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A faunistic survey of the aquatic and semi-aquatic bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) of the Tiger Reserves in Telangana, India [PDF]
Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics, 2023 The diversity and distribution of aquatic and semi-aquatic Hemipterans were studied from Amrabad and Kawal Tiger Reserve of the state Telangana. This report documents 38 species of aquatic and semi-aquatic hemipterans belonging to 22 genera and ten ...
Jaiswal Deepa, Somesh Banerjee
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Aquatic and semiaquatic Heteropterans associated with dry forest in Patía, southwestern Colombia
Biota Colombiana, 2020 The dry forests of the Patía River, in the Departments of Cauca and Nariño, are some of the most degraded and highly vulnerable ecosystems facing climate change in Colombia,and they are considered high priority areas for conservation.
Dora Nancy Padilla Gil
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