Species
Notonecta kirbyi (Kirby's backswimmer)
Notonecta kirbyi. Photo: (c) Joe Tyburczy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
- Class: Insecta (Insects)
- Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
- Order: Hemiptera (True bugs, hoppers, aphids, and allies)
- Suborder: Heteroptera (True bugs)
- Infraorder: Nepomorpha (Water bugs)
- Superfamily: Notonectoidea (Backswimmers)
- Family: Notonectidae (Typical backswimmers)
- Subfamily: Notonectinae
- Tribe: Notonectini
- Genus: Notonecta (Milky backswimmers)
- Subgenus: Paranecta
- Species: Notonecta kirbyi (Kirby's backswimmer)
- Subgenus: Paranecta
- Genus: Notonecta (Milky backswimmers)
- Tribe: Notonectini
- Subfamily: Notonectinae
- Family: Notonectidae (Typical backswimmers)
- Superfamily: Notonectoidea (Backswimmers)
- Infraorder: Nepomorpha (Water bugs)
- Suborder: Heteroptera (True bugs)
- Order: Hemiptera (True bugs, hoppers, aphids, and allies)
- Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
- Class: Insecta (Insects)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Sightings
