Notonecta glauca Linnaeus, 1758
(Common Water-boatman)

Notonecta glauca (Common Water-boatman) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Notonecta glauca (Common Water-boatman) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Notonecta glauca (Common Water-boatman)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
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:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Notonecta glauca (Common Water-boatman):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 27 images of Notonecta glauca (Common Water-boatman)
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