Nepidae Latreille

Esenbekova, Perizat Abdykairovna, Nurushev, Murat Zhusupbekovich & Homziak, Jurij, 2015, Aquatic Hemiptera (Heteroptera) of Kazakhstan, with notes on life history, ecology and distribution, Zootaxa 4013 (2), pp. 195-206 : 196

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4013.2.2
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5628015
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scientific name	Nepidae Latreille
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Family Nepidae Latreille View in CoL

Nepa cinerea Linnaeus

Standing or slow-moving bodies of water, large and small. Fully aquatic, poor swimmers, live on the bottom, or in aquatic vegetation ( Esenbekova 2008); zoophages, with adults and larvae both feeding on larval Odonata, flies and beetles; univoltine and overwinters as imago, but Stage V larvae may overwinter as well ( Kanyukova 2006). Mate most of the year, except for August and September ( Papáček 1989); Trans Palearctic.

Ranatra linearis (Linnaeus)

Standing or slow-moving bodies of water, large and small. Zoophage (preys on fish fry, larvae of dragonflies and beetles); univoltine ( Papáček 1989, Dolling 1991) or bivoltine ( Dubitsky 1978), overwinters as imago. West Palearctic.

Ranatra unicolor Scott

Standing and slow-moving large and small water bodies; on submerged surfaces, associated with periphyton; zoophage (preys on fish fry, larvae of dragonflies and beetles; Kanyukova 1989); univoltine; overwinters as imago on the bottom of reservoirs. East Eurasian.

References

Dolling, W. R. (1991) The Hemiptera. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 274 pp.

Dubitsky, A. M. (1978) Biological methods of combatting midges in the USSR. Nauka, Alma-Ata, 267 pp. [Dubi'kiй, A. М. (1978) Bioлo iciсkiй мitod boрьbы с нuсoм v СССР]

Esenbekova, P. A. (2008) A new species of bug (Heteroptera, Veliidae) for Kazakhstan. Journal of the National Academy of Sciences, Kazakhstan, 6, 146. [Iсiнbikova, P. A. (2008) Нovый vid kлopa (Heteroptera, Veliidae) dлi Kazakсtaнa].

Kanyukova, E. V. (1989) Hemiptera of the genus Ranatra F. (Heteroptera, Nepidae) of the USSR. Entomological Review (Leningrad), 68 (1), 121 - 124. [Kaнюkova, I. V. (1989) Poлuziсtkokрылыi рoda Ranatra F. (Heteroptera, Nepidae) фauны СССР].

Kanyukova, E. V. (2006) Aquatic Heteroptera (Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha) fauna of Russia and neighboring regions. Russian Academies of Sciences of the Far East, Dal'nauka, Vladivostok, pp. 297. [Kaнюkova, I. V. (2006) Vodныi poлuziсtkokрылыi нaсikoмыi фauны Рoссii i сopрidiльныk сtрaн].

Papacek, M. (1989) Life cycles of univoltine water bugs (Heteroptera, Nepomorpha) in Czechoslovakia. Praca Slovenske Entomologickej Spolocnosti, 8, 45 - 52 [in Czech, English summary].