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Nepidae

7 species · Animals

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Hemiptera › Nepidae

Curicta scorpio is a waterscorpion species in the Nepidae family found in Central and North America.

Nepa cinerea is a water scorpion species found across parts of Europe, Africa, and Asia that lives in still or slow freshwater habitats.

Nepa apiculata is a leaf-bodied water scorpion species found in eastern North America, active spring to fall and hibernating in winter and droughts.

Laccotrephes tristis is an Australian water scorpion species with a characteristic long respiratory siphon for breathing underwater.

Ranatra fusca, the brown water scorpion, is a carnivorous North American water stick-insect in the Nepidae family.

Ranatra linearis is a brown swimming insect species with adults that can fly, typically 3–3.5 cm long with an equally long tail breathing tube.

Ranatra quadridentata is a waterscorpion species in the Nepidae family, found in Central and North America.

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