Corixidae - Wikipedia
Corixidae is a family of aquatic insects in the order Hemiptera. They are found worldwide in virtually any freshwater habitat and a few species live in saline water. [1] There are about 500 known species worldwide, in 55 genera, including the genus Sigara.
Corixidae - University of New Hampshire
They have two short front legs used for gripping food and objects. Corixidae are usually found near the bottom of the water, unlike their relatives the backswimmers (Notonectidae), who look very similar in appearance to the Corixids. They use their straw-like mouthparts to …
Family Corixidae - Water Boatmen - BugGuide.Net
Apr 25, 2024 · Identification. Dorsum flattened, with narrow dark crosslines. Front legs short, tarsi 1-segmented and scoop-shaped. Hind legs oar-like, with fine hairs (11) For genus identification please provide: Dorsal and ventral habitus shots of preferably dry specimen (fluids obscure important detail) Lateral view.
Family: Corixidae | Chironomidae Research Group
Corixids look somewhat like Notonectids, however their beak is short and broad and their forelegs are short and scooplike. Click to compare with Notonectidae.
Corixidology | American Entomologist - Oxford Academic
Dec 12, 2018 · Corixids are “water bugs,” in the sense that they are true bugs and they live in water. They breathe atmospheric oxygen through a film of air (a “plastron” or “physical gill”). Most impressively, their three pairs of legs have distinct functions.
Phylogeny and historical biogeography of the water boatmen …
Mar 1, 2023 · The water boatmen of Corixoidea, a group of aquatic bugs with more than 600 extant species, is one of the largest superfamilies of Nepomorpha. Contrary to the other nepomorphan lineages, the Corixoidea are most diverse …
Water boatman, Corixidae - University of California, Irvine
Dec 3, 2007 · Tolerating a wide range of salinity, from pure seawater to mildly brackish water, Water boatmen can be found in large numbers near coasts, and in many estuaries and salt marshes. One species, Trichocorixa reticulate — commonly referred to as “the Marsh Boatman” — shows a preference for salt water.
Species composition of adult corixids from ... - ResearchGate
We investigated the magnitude and implications of a little understood food web subsidy in the form of migrating aquatic insects, corixids (Hemiptera: Corixidae), that fly from geographically ...
Niche partitioning between invasive and native corixids …
Feb 1, 2016 · Abstract. Trichocorixa verticalis verticalis, a North American water boatman, is the only alien corixid in European fresh waters. It has rapidly spread, becoming the dominant corixid in and around the Doñana protected area in SW Spain.
Water Boatmen (Family Corixidae) - iNaturalist
Corixidae is a family of aquatic insects in the order Hemiptera that inhabit ponds and slow-moving streams, where they swim near the bottom. There are about 500 known species worldwide, in …