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Gerromorpha
About: Gerromorpha is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 259 publications have been published within this topic receiving 3235 citations.
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TL;DR: Aquatic Heteroptera are notable for utilizing an exceptionally broad range of habitats, from marine and intertidal to arctic and high alpine, across a global altitudinal range of 0–4,700 m.
Abstract: The aquatic and semi-aquatic Heteroptera, consisting of the infraorders Leptopodomorpha, Gerromorpha, and Nepomorpha, comprise a significant component of the world’s aquatic insect biota. Within these three infraorders as a whole there are currently 23 families, 343 genera and 4,810 species group taxa considered valid, of which 20 families, 326 genera and 4,656 species inhabit freshwater. In addition, more than 1,100 unequivocally diagnosed species remain to be described. Aquatic Heteroptera occur on all continents except Antarctica, and are most numerous in the tropical regions, although there are many distinctly cold-adapted genera. Overall species richness is highest in the Neotropical and Oriental regions, which harbor 1,289 and 1,103 species, respectively. In comparison to these core tropical regions, species richness is significantly lower in the Afrotropical (799 species), Australasian (654 species), Palearctic (496 species), Nearctic (424 species) and Pacific (37 species) regions. Aquatic Heteroptera are notable for utilizing an exceptionally broad range of habitats, from marine and intertidal to arctic and high alpine, across a global altitudinal range of 0–4,700 m. Species may be found in almost every freshwater biotope, and many exhibit striking morphological adaptations to their aquatic environment, making them excellent subjects for ecological and biogeographic studies.
223 citations
1 Jun 1982
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TL;DR: Distributional information is presented for thirty-eight species of Gerromorpha and five Nepomorpha, including first records from the Brazilian states of Bahia (Mesovelia amoena), Ceará (Limnogonus profugus and Rhagovelia whitei), and the Peruvian region of Madre de Dios.
Abstract: Background
Water bugs in general play an important role in freshwater ecosystems, and knowledge about them is essential for the study of water biology and the proper management of aquatic habitats. The Neotropical fauna is relatively well known, but the existence of large under-collected areas makes taxonomic and faunistic studies concerning the aquatic and semiaquatic bugs from tropical America urgent.
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TL;DR: This review of the literature about gerro morphans appearing since 1980 aims to provide a synthesis useful to research workers and to underscore the advantages of using gerromorphans in ecological and behav ioral studies.
Abstract: The hemipteran infraorder Gerromorpha, or the semiaquatic bugs, includes approximately 1500 species that occupy the adaptive zone defined by water surfaces. Most species occur on freshwater, but several lineages have colonized marine habitats, and others have become secondarily terrestrial. These bugs are conspicuously adapted for life on the surface film, especially with respect to locomotion, feeding, reproductive behavior, and life history (2). Their two-dimensional habitats make semiaquatic bugs ideal subjects for behavioral studies, and their striking patterns of wing polymorphism have challenged life-history enthusiasts since early in the century. Since Andersen's (2) comprehensive review a decade ago, over 200 papers about gerromorphans have appeared, setting the stage for new approaches in comparative biology. In this review, we cover the literature about gerro morphans appearing since 1980, emphasizing work on broader evolutionary themes. We aim to provide a synthesis useful to research workers and to underscore the advantages of using gerromorphans in ecological and behav ioral studies. We also illustrate the interactions now possible among sys-
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TL;DR: There is a lack of knowledge concerning the geographical distribution of most represented species in the Neotropical Region, which can be solved by the collection of specimens in under-studied areas and publication of new records and lists of species.
Abstract: Background
Aquatic and semiaquatic Heteroptera occur on all continents except Antarctica and occupy
a wide variety of habitats, including lentic and lotic water bodies, perennial or temporary. In
the Neotropical Region, there is a lack of knowledge concerning the geographical
distribution of most represented species, which can only be solved by the collection of
specimens in under-studied areas and publication of new records and lists of species.New information
New records are presented for eleven species of Gerromorpha and ten Nepomorpha,
including first records from Venezuela (Brachymetra lata, Limnogonus hyalinus, Rhagovelia
evidis, Tenagobia peruana, Limnocoris burmeisteri, L. fittkaui fittkaui, Placomerus micans,
and Martarega gonostyla), the Venezuelan State of Bolivar (Cylindrostethus palmaris, R.
elegans, R. tenuipes, and Ambrysus stali), the Brazilian State of Bahia (Martarega bentoi),
Peru (Euvelia lata), and the Peruvian Region of Arequipa (Microvelia pulchella).
176 citations
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