[water bugs]
(aquatic Hemiptera)

[water bugs] (aquatic Hemiptera) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

[water bugs] (aquatic Hemiptera) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Gerromorpha
an infraorder of waterbugs
Infraorder 5 subtaxa 12 references
Nepomorpha
an infraorder of waterbugs
Infraorder 17 subtaxa 29 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
Informal[water bugs] (aquatic Hemiptera)
SuborderHETEROPTERA (true bugs)
OrderHEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Huxley, T. 2003 Provisional atlas of the British aquatic bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) 118pp, Biological Records Centre
Macan, T.T. 1976 *** A revised key to the British water bugs (Hemiptera-Heteroptera), with notes on their ecology ***(Superseded) Scientific publications, No 16, Freshwater Biological Association
Nau, B.S. 2006 Heteroptera of the British Isles (2006 version)
Poisson, R. 1957 *** Hétéroptères Aquatiques ***(Superseded) Faune de France, Faune No 61, 263pp, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel
Savage, A.A. 1989 Adult Water Bugs Scientific Publications, No 50., Freshwater Biological Association

Regional/Beds, Cambs, Northants, Peterborough And Hunts

Eversham, B. & Prunier, F. 2003 Identifying water bugs http://www.wildlifebcnp.org/ecology-resources.htm

[water bugs] (aquatic Hemiptera) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to [water bugs] (aquatic Hemiptera):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 200 images of [water bugs] (aquatic Hemiptera)
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