Checklist of the aquatic/semi-aquatic Heteroptera of Florida
* = may occur in Florida
(18 August 2023)
You may note that two taxa commonly reported for FL, the belostomatid Lethocerus americanus and the nepid Ranatra fusca, are not on this list. That's because they don't occur in FL !(?). IF you have material of these from FL, I'd really like to see it!!
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BELOSTOMATIDAE
Abedus Stål
immaculatus (Say)
Belostoma Latreille
* bakeri Montandon
flumineum Say
* fusciventre (Dufour)
lutarium (Stål)
minor (Palisot de Beauvois)
testaceum (Leidy)
Benacus Stål
griseus (Say)
Lethocerus Mayr
annulipes (Herrich-Schaeffer)
uhleri (Montandon)
CORIXIDAE
Centrocorisa Lundblad
nigripennis (Fabricius)
Corisella Lundblad
edulis (Champion)
Hesperocorixa Kirkaldy
brimleyi (Kirkaldy)
georgiensis (Egbert)
interrupta (Say)
lucida (Abbott)
martini (Hungerford)
minor (Abbott)
nitida (Fieber)
obliqua (Hungerford)
semilucida (Walley)
* vulgaris (Hungerford)
Palmacorixa Abbott
buenoi Abbott
Ramphocorixa Abbott
acuminata (Uhler)
Sigara Fabricius
berneri Hungerford & Hussey
bradleyi (Abbott)
* gordita (Abbott)
hubbelli (Hungerford)
* hydatotrephes (Kirkaldy)
macrocepsoidea Hungerford
macropala (Hungerford)
mississippiensis Hungerford
* modesta (Abbott)
paludata Hungerford
* pectenata (Abbott)
scabra (Abbott)
sigmoidea (Abbott)
signata (Fieber)
virginiensis Hungerford
zimmermanni (Fieber)
Trichocorixa Kirkaldy
calva (Say)
kanza Sailer
louisianae Jaczewski
macroceps (Kirkaldy)
minima (Abbott)
reticulata (Guérin-Méneville)
sexcincta (Champion)
verticalis (Fieber)
GELASTOCORIDAE
Gelastocoris Kirkaldy
oculatus (Fabricius)
Nerthra Say
fuscipes (Guérin-Méneville)
rugosa (Desjardins)
stygica Say
GERRIDAE
Aquarius Schellenberg
conformis (Uhler)
nebularis (Drake & Hottes)
remigis (Say)
Gerris Fabricius
argenticollis Parshley
comatus Drake & Hottes
insperatus Drake & Hottes
marginatus Say
Halobates Eschscholtz
micans Eschscholtz
Limnogonus Stål
franciscanus (Stål)
Limnoporus Stål
canaliculatus (Say)
Metrobates Uhler
anomalus Hussey
hesperius Uhler
Neogerris Matsumura
hesione (Kirkaldy)
Rheumatobates Bergroth
clanis Drake & Harris
* hungerfordi Wiley
minutus Hungerford
palosi Blatchley
rileyi Bergroth
tenuipes Meinert
trulliger Bergroth
vegatus Drake & Harris
Trepobates Uhler
* carri Kittle
floridensis Drake & Harris
inermis Esaki
pictus (Herrich-Schaeffer)
subnitidus Esaki
HEBRIDAE
Hebrus Curtis
* beameri Porter
buenoi Drake & Harris
burmeisteri Lethierry & Severin
concinnus Uhler
consolidus Uhler
* sobrinus Uhler
Lipogomphus Berg
brevis (Champion)
Merragata White
brunnea Drake
hebroides White
HYDROMETRIDAE
Hydrometra Latreille
australis Say
barei Hungerford
consimilis Barber
hungerfordi Torre-Bueno
martini Kirkaldy
wileyae Hungerford
MESOVELIIDAE
Mesovelia Mulsant & Rey
amoena Uhler
cryptophila Hungerford
mulsanti White
polhemusi Spangler
MICRONECTIDAE
Micronecta Kirkaldy
ludibunda Breddin
Synaptonecta Lundblad
issa (Distant)
NAUCORIDAE
Pelocoris Stål
balius La Rivers
carolinensis Torre-Bueno
femoratus (Palisot)
NEPIDAE
Ranatra Fabricius
australis Hungerford
buenoi Hungerford
drakei Hungerford
kirkaldyi Torre-Bueno
nigra Herrich-Schaeffer
NOTONECTIDAE
Buenoa Kirkaldy
artafrons Truxal
confusa Truxal
limnocastoris Hungerford
margaritacea Torre-Bueno
marki Reichert
platycnemis (Fieber)
scimitra Bare
Notonecta Linnaeus
indica Linnaeus
irrorata Uhler
uhleri Kirkaldy
undulata Say
OCHTERIDAE
Ochterus Latreille
americanus (Uhler)
banksi Barber
flaviclavus Barber
PLEIDAE
Neoplea Esaki & China
apopkana (Drake & Chapman)
notana (Drake & Chapman)
striola (Fieber)
Paraplea Esaki & China
nilionis (Drake & Chapman)
puella (Barber)
SALDIDAE
Micracanthia Reuter
floridana Drake & Chapman
humilis (say)
hungerfordi (Hodgden)
husseyi Drake & Chapman
pumpila Blatchley
* quadrimaculata (Champion)
Pentacora Reuter
hirta (Say)
ligata (Say)
signoreti (Guérin-Méneville)
sphacelata (Uhler)
Salda Fabricius
lugubris (Say)
Saldoida Osborn
cornuta Osborn
slossonae Osborn
Saldula Van Duzee
coxalis (Stål)
lomata Polhemus
opacula (Zetterstedt)
pallipes (Fabricius)
VELIIDAE
Husseyella Herring
turmalis (Drake & Harris)
Microvelia Westwood
albonotata Champion
americana (Uhler)
atrata Torre-Bueno
austrina Torre-Bueno
buenoi Drake
cubana Drake
fontinalis Torre-Bueno
hinei Drake
marginata Uhler
paludicola Champion
pulchella Westwood
Platyvelia Polhemus & Polhemus
brachialis (Stål)
Rhagovelia Mayr
choreutes Hussey
obesa Uhler
plumbea Uhler
torreyana Bacon
Steinovelia Polhemus & Polhemus
stagnalis (Burmeister)