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Limnogonus

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Limnogonus
Limnogonus franciscanus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Gerridae
Subfamily: Gerrinae
Genus: Limnogonus
Stål, 1868

Limnogonus is a genus of water striders in the family Gerridae. There are 28 described species in Limnogonus. Similar to other gerromorphan bugs, most species of Limnogonus have both macropterous wing morphs, which means that they are often able to fly. The wings are thought to be an adaptation to help the insects get away from drought allowing them to fly to the next available area that has water bodies when the rainy season arrives.[1][2][3]

Species

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These 28 species belong to the genus Limnogonus and its two subgenera:
Subgenus Limnogonoides:

Subgenus Limnogonus:

References

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  1. ^ "Limnogonus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. ^ "Limnogonus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.

Further reading

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  • Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian, eds. (1995). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 1: Enicocephalomorpha, Dipsocoromorpha, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha and Leptopodomorpha. The Netherlands Entomological Society. ISBN 978-90-71912-12-2.