Notonecta

Notonecta
Temporal range:
Notonecta maculata
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Superfamily: Notonectoidea
Family: Notonectidae
Genus: Notonecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Subgenera
  • Notonecta (Bichromonecta) Hungerford, 1933
  • Notonecta (Enitharonecta) Hungerford, 1928
  • Notonecta (Erythronecta) Hungerford, 1933
  • Notonecta (Notonecta) Linnaeus, 1758
  • Notonecta (Paranecta) Hutchinson, 1929

Notonecta, known as backswimmers or water-boatmen, is a genus of bugs in the family Notonectidae.

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