Platyvelia

Platyvelia is a genus of smaller water striders in the family Veliidae. There are about nine described species in Platyvelia.[1][2][3]

Platyvelia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Veliidae
Genus: Platyvelia
J. Polhemus & D. Polhemus, 1993

Species

These nine species belong to the genus Platyvelia:

  • Platyvelia alvaradana (Drake & Hottes, 1952)
  • Platyvelia annulipes (Champion, 1898)
  • Platyvelia beameri (Hungerford, 1929)
  • Platyvelia brachialis (Stål, 1860)
  • Platyvelia egregia (Drake & Harris, 1935)
  • Platyvelia maritima (J. Polhemus & Manzano, 1992)
  • Platyvelia summersi (Drake, 1951)
  • Platyvelia verana (Drake & Hottes, 1952)
  • Platyvelia verdica (Drake, 1951)

References
  1. "Platyvelia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. "Platyvelia". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.

Further reading
  • Polhemus, John T.; Polhemus, Dan A. (1993). "Two new genera for New World Veliinae (Heteroptera: Veliidae)". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 101 (3): 391–398. JSTOR 25010019.
  • Moreira, F. F. F.; Nessimian, J. L.; Rúdio, J. A.; Salles, F. F. (2010). "New species and new records of Veliidae from Espírito Santo State and adjacent Minas Gerais State, Brazil, with notes on nomenclature (Insecta: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha)". Journal of Natural History. 44 (45–46): 2761–2801. doi:10.1080/00222933.2010.512423.
  • Epler, J. H. (2006). Identification manual for the aquatic and semi-aquatic Heteroptera of Florida (PDF). Florida Department of Environmental Protection.
  • Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian, eds. (1995). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 1: Enicocephalomorpha, Dipsocoromorpha, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha and Leptopodomorpha. The Netherlands Entomological Society. ISBN 978-90-71912-12-2.


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