Gerridae

Translingual

Etymology

Gerris +‎ -idae

Proper noun

Gerridae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Hemiptera – water striders, true bugs that walk on water and prey on other invertebrates.

Synonyms

• (family): water skeeters, water bugs, pond skaters, water skippers, jesus bugs

Hypernyms

• (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Paraneoptera - superorder; Hemiptera - order; Heteroptera - suborder; Gerromorpha - infraorder; Gerroidea - superfamily

Hyponyms

• (family): Charmatometrinae, Cylindrostethinae, Eotrechinae, Gerrinae, Halobatinae, Ptilomerinae, Rhagadotarsinae, Trepobatinae - subfamilies
  • Amemboides, Aquarius, Brachymetra, Chimarrhometra, Cylindrostethus, Eurymetra, Gerris, Metrobates, Potamobates, Rheumatobates, Tachygerris, Telmatometropsis, Tenagogonus - genera

See also

• Veliidae (water crickets)

References

• Gerridae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Gerridae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Gerridae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gerridae at World Register of Marine Species
• Gerridae at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Gerridae at the Tree of Life Web Project
• Gerridae at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Gerridae at Paleobiology Database