Callicorixa praeusta (Fieber, 1848)
(a lesser waterboatman)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCallicorixa praeusta (a lesser waterboatman)
FamilyCORIXIDAE (a family of lesser water boatmen)
SuperfamilyCORIXOIDEA (a superfamily of lesser water boatmen)
InfraorderNepomorpha (an infraorder of waterbugs)
SuborderHETEROPTERA (true bugs)
OrderHEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Callicorixa praeusta (a lesser waterboatman) :
1: Callicorixa praeusta (a lesser waterboatman)
15 Aug 1998 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
at MV
Image 1: Dorsal viewImage 2: Lateral view
2: Callicorixa praeusta (a lesser waterboatman)
24 Jul 1998 OSGR: SU68 51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
at MV
Image 1: Dorsal - wings apartImage 2: Ventral - wings apart
3: Callicorixa praeusta (a lesser waterboatman)
19 Jun 1998 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
at MV
Image 1: Dorsal viewImage 2: Lateral viewImage 3: Ventral view

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Savage A.A. & Swift. E.J. The identification of British adult specimens of Sigara lateralis (Leach), Sigara concinna (Fieber), Callicorixa praeusta (Fieber) and Callicorixa wollastoni (Douglas & Scott) (Hemiptera Heteroptera: Corixidae) 25-34.

Callicorixa praeusta (a lesser waterboatman) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Callicorixa praeusta (a lesser waterboatman)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Callicorixa praeusta (a lesser waterboatman)
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