Notonecta glauca Linnaeus, 1758
(Common Water-boatman)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesNotonecta glauca (Common Water-boatman)
GenusNotonecta (backswimmers)
FamilyNOTONECTIDAE (backswimmers)
SuperfamilyNOTONECTOIDEA (backswimmers)
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 Notonecta glauca (Common Water-boatman) :
1: Notonecta glauca (Common Water-boatman)
28 Aug 2011 OSGR: SJ41 52° 40’ N, 2° 50’ W Vice County: Shrops (VC 40) England
Image 1: Adult - dorsal view - white backgroundImage 2: Adult - dorsal view - white background (2)Image 3: Adult - floating on top of water surface - wings uppermost - dorsal viewImage 4: Adult - floating on top of water surface - wings uppermost - dorsal view (2)Image 5: Adult - floating wings uppermost - legs outstretched - antero-dorsal viewImage 6: Adult - floating wings uppermost - legs outstretched - dorsal viewImage 7: Adult - floating wings uppermost - legs outstretched - dorsal view (2)Image 8: Adult - floating wings uppermost - legs outstretched - dorsal view (3)Image 9: Adult - floating wings uppermost - legs outstretched - dorsal view (4)Image 10: Adult - floating wings uppermost - legs outstretched - dorsal view (5)Image 11: Adult - floating wings uppermost - legs outstretched - dorsal view (6)Image 12: Adult - floating wings uppermost - legs retracted - dorsal viewImage 13: Adult - floating wings uppermost - legs retracted - dorsal view (2)Image 14: Adult - floating wings uppermost - legs retracted - dorsal view (3)Image 15: Adult - lateral view - white backgroundImage 16: Adult - ventral view - white backgroundImage 17: Adult - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 18: Adult - dorso-lateral view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 19: Adult - floating wings uppermost - latero-dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 20: Adult - floating wings uppermost - legs retracted - dorsal view  - enlargedImage 21: Adult - floating wings uppermost - legs retracted - latero-dorsal view - enlargedImage 22: Adult - floating wings uppermost - legs retracted - latero-dorsal view - enlarged (2)Image 23: Adult - head, thorax and scutellum - antero-dorsal view - highly enlarged
2: Notonecta glauca (Common Water-boatman)
16 Feb 1974 OSGR: AA00 63° 60’ N, 31° 20’ W England
First instar nymph
Image 1: Nymph - anterior viewImage 2: Nymph - dorsal viewImage 3: Nymph - latero-ventral viewImage 4: Nymph - postero-ventral view

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Kjærstad, G., Dolmen, D., Olsvik, H.A. & Tilseth, E. 2009 The backswimmer Notonecta glauca L. (Hemiptera, Notonectidae) in Central Norway NJE Vol 56 (1): 44-49.

Notonecta glauca (Common Water-boatman) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Notonecta glauca (Common Water-boatman)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Notonecta glauca (Common Water-boatman)
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