Aphelocheirus aestivalis
Aphelocheirus aestivalis is a Palearctic species of true bug.[1][2][3] It is aquatic and wingless, covered in microscopic hairs that form a physical gill when underwater.[4]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Heteroptera |
Family: | Aphelocheiridae |
Genus: | Aphelocheirus |
Species: | A. aestivalis |
Binomial name | |
Aphelocheirus aestivalis (Fabricius, 1794) | |
References
- K. H. C. Jordan: Wasserwanzen. Die Neue Brehm-Bücherei, Leipzig, 1950. .
- Mamaev B.M. , Medvedev L.N. , Pravdin F.N. Keys to insects of the European part of the USSR. - M .: Education, 1976 .-- P. 87 .-- 304 p.
- Aukema, Berend, and Christian Rieger, eds. (1995), Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, vol. 1: Enicocephalomorpha, Dipsocoromorpha, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha and Leptopodomorpha
- "Aphelocheirus aestivalis". Aquatic Heteroptera Recording Scheme for Britain & Ireland. Wordpress. 6 March 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
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