Subfamily Gerrinae Leach 1815 (water strider)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Gerridae

Alternative spelling: Gerrini

Parent taxon: Gerridae according to C. Y. Cai et al. 2019

See also Andersen 1998, Damgaard 2008, Nel and Paicheler 1993, Prokop and Nel 2007 and Statz 1950

Sister taxa: Charmatometrinae, Cretogerris, Cylindrobates, Cylindrostethinae, Electrobatinae, Gerris parabdominalis, Gerris protobates, Halobatinae, Lutetiabates, Metrobates aeternalis, Ptilomerinae, Succineogerris

Subtaxa: Aquarius Electrogerris Gerris Limnoporus Palaeogerris Telmatrechus

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (1: Washington collection)

• Miocene of the Russian Federation (1), Thailand (1)

• Oligocene of Czechia (1), Germany (1)

• Eocene of Canada (4: British Columbia), China (3), Denmark (15), Germany (3), the Russian Federation (3), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: Wyoming)

Total: 36 collections including 43 occurrences

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