Anisops
| Anisops | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Notonectidae |
| Genus: | Anisops Spinola, 1837 |
| Type species | |
| Notovecta nivea Fabricius, 1775
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Anisops is a genus of insects in the family Notonectidae.[1][2] They're sometimes referred to as backswimmers, so called because they swim upside down.
Taxonomy
[edit]Anisops contains the following species:
- Anisops letitia[1]
- Anisops varia[1]
- Anisops aglaia[1]
- Anisops apicalis[1]
- Anisops gracilis[1]
- Anisops hypatria[1]
- Anisops jaczewskii[1]
- Anisops leesoniana[1]
- Anisops perpulcher[1]
- Anisops poweri[1]
- Anisops praetexta[1]
- Anisops psyche[1]
- Anisops varius[1]
- Anisops amaisi[1]
- Anisops thienemanni[1]
- Anisops hyperion[1]
- Anisops planifascies[1]
- Anisops crinitus[1]
- Anisops wakefieldi[1] - Endemic to New Zealand.[3]
- Anisops debilis[1]
- Anisops pellucens[1]
- Anisops sardea[1]
- Anisops tahitiensis[1]
- Anisops deanei[1]
- Anisops kuroiwae[1]
- Anisops stali[1]
- Anisops elstoni[1]
- Anisops sardeus[1]
- Anisops nasuta[1]
- Anisops occipitalis[1]
- Anisops assimilis[1] - Endemic to New Zealand.[3]
- Anisops ogasawarensis[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag "Common Backswimmers (Genus Anisops)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2024-11-18.
- ^ Spinola, Maximilian (1837). Essai sur les genres d'insectes appartenants a l'ordre des hemiptères, Lin., ou rhyngotes, Fab., et à la section des heteroptères, Dufour / para Maximilien Spinola. Gênes: Y. Gravier.
- ^ a b Winterbourn, Michael J. (2005). "Dispersal, feeding and parasitism of adult stoneflies (Plecoptera) at a New Zealand forest stream". Aquatic Insects. 27 (3): 155–166. doi:10.1080/01650420500062840. ISSN 0165-0424. Retrieved 2024-11-18.
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