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Metrobates

Castro-Vargas, Maria I.;Morales, Irina;Molano-Rendón, Fredy

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Metrobates

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Metrobates is a genus of water striders in the family Gerridae. There are about 16 described species in Metrobates.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderHemiptera
  5. FamilyGerridae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
129
Family
Gerridae
Collections
OMNH, MNA, INHS, DMNS, NMSU, TAMU
Recorded in
United States, Belize

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Instance of
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Parent taxon
Gerridae
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Metrobates hesperius 1.jpg
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taxon name
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taxon rank
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Encyclopedic overview

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Metrobates is a genus of water striders in the family Gerridae. There are about 16 described species in Metrobates.

==Species== These 16 species belong to the genus Metrobates: Metrobates alacris Drake, 1955 Metrobates amblydonti Nieser, 1993-31 Metrobates anomalus Hussey, 1948 Metrobates artus Anderson, 1932 Metrobates curracis Drake & Roze, 1954 Metrobates denticornis (Champion, 1898) Metrobates fugientis Drake & Harris, 1945-01 Metrobates hesperius Uhler, 1871 Metrobates laetus Drake, 1954 Metrobates laudatus Drake & Harris, 1937 Metrobates plaumanni Hungerford, 1951-01 Metrobates porcus Anderson, 1932 Metrobates sanciprianensis Castro-Vargas, Morales & Molano-Rendón, 2018 Metrobates trux (Torre-bueno, 1921) Metrobates tumidus Anderson, 1932 Metrobates vigilis Drake, 1958-01

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