Gerrini is a
tribe
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of
water strider
The Gerridae are a family of insects in the order Hemiptera, commonly known as water striders, water skeeters, water scooters, water bugs, pond skaters, water skippers, water gliders, water skimmers or puddle flies. They are true bugs of the ...
s containing over 160 species in 12 genera.
Genera
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Aquarius''
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Gerris
''Gerris'' is a insect genus in the family Gerridae (water striders).
Species
The genus ''Gerris'' contains 43 species in 3 subgenera:
Subgenus ''Gerris''
Subgenus ''Gerriselloides''
* '' Gerris asper'' (Fieber, 1860)
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Gerrisella''
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Gigantometra
''Gigantometra'' is a monotypic genus of water-strider bugs, containing the species ''Gigantometra gigas'': its name indicating that it is the largest species in its family Gerridae. It has been found in pools of fast-flowing, subtropical and t ...
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Limnogonus
''Limnogonus'' is a genus of water striders in the family Gerridae
The Gerridae are a family of insects in the order Hemiptera, commonly known as water striders, water skeeters, water scooters, water bugs, pond skaters, water skippers, wa ...
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Limnometra
''Limnometra'' is a genus of water striders in the family Gerridae. There are more than 30 described species in ''Limnometra'' found in Indomalaya and Oceania
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Limnoporus
''Limnoporus'' is a genus of water striders in the family Gerridae
The Gerridae are a family of insects in the order Hemiptera, commonly known as water striders, water skeeters, water scooters, water bugs, pond skaters, water skippers, wa ...
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Neogerris
''Neogerris'' is a genus of water striders in the family Gerridae
The Gerridae are a family of insects in the order Hemiptera, commonly known as water striders, water skeeters, water scooters, water bugs, pond skaters, water skippers, wa ...
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Tenagogerris''
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Tenagogonus
''Tenagogonus'' is a genus of water striders
The Gerridae are a family of insects in the order Hemiptera, commonly known as water striders, water skeeters, water scooters, water bugs, pond skaters, water skippers, water gliders, water ski ...
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Tenagometra''
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Tenagometrella''
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Telmatechus'' (Eocene, Ypresian) Western North America
References
Gerrinae
Hemiptera tribes
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