Notonectidae
Notonecta kirbyi Hungerford, 1925
Notonecta kirbyi Hungerford, 1925
Kirby's backswimmer (Notonecta kirbyi) is a North American backswimmer species in the family Notonectidae.
Notonecta undulata Say, 1832
Notonecta undulata Say, 1832
Notonecta undulata, the grousewinged backswimmer, is an aquatic true bug that prefers mosquito larvae and has been proposed for mosquito biological control.
Notonecta glauca Linnaeus, 1758
Notonecta glauca Linnaeus, 1758
Notonecta glauca, the common backswimmer, is a widespread predatory aquatic true bug found across Eurasia and North Africa.
Notonecta maculata Fabricius, 1794
Notonecta maculata Fabricius, 1794
Notonecta maculata is a freshwater British hemipteran insect with distinctive mottled brick-coloured forewings.
Notonecta irrorata Uhler, 1879
Notonecta irrorata Uhler, 1879
Notonecta irrorata is a North American backswimmer species that repels Culex mosquito oviposition in ponds.
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