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.
Agnieszka Nowinśka +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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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 Nowinśka +2 more
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Survey of the Notonectidae (Insecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Nepomorpha) from northeastern Brazil. [PDF]
ZookeysAbstract A four-year survey for Notonectidae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Nepomorpha) was conducted in eleven conservation units and adjacent areas distributed over six states in northeastern Brazil.
Jordão R, Barbosa JF, Moreira FFF.
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Water bugs (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha, Nepomorpha) of the Caucasus ecoregion
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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The discovery of an overseen pygmy backswimmer in Europe (Heteroptera, Nepomorpha, Pleidae). [PDF]
Sci RepThe Pleidae, or pygmy backswimmers, is a family of aquatic bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Nepomorpha) containing four genera. Here, we describe Plea cryptica sp. nov. and redescribe its sister species, Plea minutissima Leach, 1817.
Raupach MJ +8 more
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Description of a New Species and New Records of Naucoridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Nepomorpha) from Eastern Brazil. [PDF]
InsectsSimple Summary True bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of the infraorder Nepomorpha are known as aquatic bugs because most of them spend almost their entire life cycle submerged.
Jordão R +3 more
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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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Pollution impacts on water bugs (Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha): state of the art and their biomonitoring potential. [PDF]
Environ Monit Assess, 2022 As water pollution poses an increasing risk worldwide, it is timely to assess the achievements of the aquatic macroinvertebrate ecotoxicology to provide a sound basis for the discipline’s future and support the development of biomonitoring.
Bakonyi G, Vásárhelyi T, Szabó B.
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