Taxonomy Profile: Veliidae (Amyot and Serville 1843)

Veliidae: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Family
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
broad-shouldered water striders []
ripple bugs []
small water striders []
riffle bugs []
broad-shouldered bugs []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Veliidae: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Protostomia
Superdivision : Ecdysozoa
Phylum : Arthropoda
arthropods |
Artrópode |
arthropodes |
Subphylum : Hexapoda
hexapods |
Class : Insecta
insects |
hexapoda |
inseto |
insectes |
Subclass : Pterygota
winged insects |
insects ailés |
Infraclass : Neoptera
modern, wing-folding insects |
Superorder : Paraneoptera
Order : Hemiptera
true bugs |
hemipterans |
Suborder : Heteroptera
true bugs |
barbeiro |
maria fedida |
percevejo |
heteropterans |
Infraorder : Gerromorpha
semiaquatic bugs |
shore-inhabiting bugs |
Superfamily : Gerroidea
Family : Veliidae
broad-shouldered water striders |
ripple bugs |
small water striders |
riffle bugs |
broad-shouldered bugs |
Veliidae Direct Children(s):
Microveliinae
(China and Usinger 1949)
Rhagoveliinae
(China and Usinger 1949)
Veliinae
(Amyot and Serville 1843)
Ocelloveliinae
(Drake and Chapman 1963)
Haloveliinae
(Esaki 1930)
Perittopinae
(China and Usinger 1949)
Veliidae: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Veliidae
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
McGavin, George C.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1993-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Bugs of the World
Page(s):
192
Publisher:
Facts on File
Publication Place:
New York, New York, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8160-2737-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Veliidae
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Henry, Thomas J., and Richard C. Froeschner, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1988-01-01 / 1988-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States
Page(s):
xix + 958
Publisher:
E. J. Brill
Publication Place:
New York, New York, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-916846-44-X/
Notes:
Reference for:
Veliidae
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Henry, Thomas J. / Foottit, Robert G., and Peter H. Adler, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2009-01-01 / 2009-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Chapter 10. Biodiversity of Heteroptera
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Insect Biodiversity: Science and Society
Page(s):
223-263
Publisher:
Blackwell Publishing (Wiley-Blackwell)
Publication Place:
Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom
ISBN/ISSN:
9781405151429/
Notes:
Reference for:
Veliidae
Veliidae: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Veliidae: Comments