Aquarius nebularis is a species of water strider in the family Gerridae.[1] It is found in the eastern United States from New York south to central Florida and west to Louisiana, Arkansas, and Iowa.[2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Gerridae |
| Genus: | Aquarius |
| Species: | A. nebularis
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| Binomial name | |
| Aquarius nebularis (Drake and Hottes, 1925)
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Gerris nebularis Drake and Hottes, 1925 | |
Adults reach lengths of 14–16 mm.[3] Aquarius nebularis is part of the A. elongatus species group, being most closely related to A. conformis, a species also found in eastern North America.[4][5]
References
edit- ^ "Aquarius nebularis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2020-11-08.
- ^ Henry, Thomas J.; Froeschner, Richard C., eds. (1988). Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States. CRC Press. ISBN 9780916846442.
- ^ a b Epler, John H. (2006). "Identification Manual for the Aquatic and Semi-aquatic Heteroptera of Florida" (PDF). Florida Department of Environmental Protection.
- ^ Damgaard, Jakob; Cognato, A.I. (2005). "Phylogeny and reclassification of species groups in Aquarius Schellenberg, Limnoporus Stål and Gerris Fabricius (Insecta: Hemiptera‐Heteroptera, Gerridae)". Systematic Entomology. 31 (1): 93–112. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2005.00302.x. S2CID 82154721.
- ^ Ye, Zhen; Damgaard, Jakob; Chen, Pingping; Zhu, Lin; Zheng, Chenguang; Bu, Wenjun (2018). "Biogeography and diversification of Holarctic water striders: Cenozoic temperature variation, habitat shifting and multiple intercontinental dispersals". Systematic Entomology. 43 (1): 19–30. doi:10.1111/syen.12274. S2CID 90741463.
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