Infraorder

Nepomorpha (Water bugs)

Gelastocoris oculatus. Photo: (c) Patrick Coin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

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Nepomorpha is an infraorder of insects in the “true bug” order (Hemiptera). They belong to the “typical” bugs of the suborder Heteroptera. Due to their aquatic habits, these animals are known as true water bugs. They occur all over the world outside the polar regions, with about 2,000 species altogether. The Nepomorpha can be distinguished from related Heteroptera by their missing or vestigial ocelli. Also, as referred to by the obsolete name Cryptocerata (“the hidden-horned ones”),…

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: Gelastocoroidea (1)
        Superfamily: Nepoidea (1)
        Superfamily: Notonectoidea (Backswimmers) (1)
        Superfamily: Corixoidea
        Superfamily: Naucoroidea

Subtaxa

Superfamily: Gelastocoroidea

Superfamily: Nepoidea

Superfamily: Notonectoidea (Backswimmers)

Superfamily: Corixoidea

Superfamily: Naucoroidea

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