Curicta is a genus of waterscorpions in the family Nepidae native to freshwater habitats in the Americas. There are more than 15 species, with most restricted to South America.[1][2] There are only two species in the United States: C. pronotata (Arizona to Texas) and C. scorpio (Louisiana and Texas).[1]
| Curicta | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Nepidae |
| Subfamily: | Nepinae |
| Genus: | Curicta Stål, 1861 |
Species
editThere are more than 15 species in the genus Curicta,[1][2] including:
- Curicta montei De Carlo, 1960 g
- Curicta pronotata Kuitert, 1949 i c g b
- Curicta scorpio Stål, 1862 i c g b
Data sources: i = ITIS,[3] c = Catalogue of Life,[4] g = GBIF,[5] b = Bugguide.net[6]
References
edit- ^ a b c Keffer, S.L. (1996). "Systematics of the New World Waterscorpion Genus Curicta Stål (Heteroptera: Nepidae)". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 104 (3–4): 117–215.
- ^ a b Heckman, C.W. (2011). Encyclopedia of South American Aquatic Insects: Hemiptera - Heteroptera. Springer. pp. 356–367. ISBN 978-94-007-0704-7.
- ^ "Curicta Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ "Browse Curicta". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ "Curicta". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ "Curicta Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
Further reading
edit- Sites, Robert W.; Polhemus, John T. (1994). "Nepidae (Hemiptera) of the United States and Canada". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 87 (1): 27–42. doi:10.1093/aesa/87.1.27.
- 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.
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