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Gerrinae

Insecta - Hemiptera - Gerridae

Taxonomy
Gerrinae was named by Leach (1815). It is extant.

It was reranked as the tribe Gerrini by Statz (1950).

It was assigned to Gerridae by Statz (1950), Nel and Paicheler (1993), Andersen (1998), Prokop and Nel (2007), Damgaard (2008), Cai et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Gerrinae Leach
1950Gerrini Statz p. 72
1993Gerrinae Nel and Paicheler p. 81
1998Gerrinae Andersen p. 16
2007Gerrinae Prokop and Nel
2008Gerrinae Damgaard
2019Gerrinae Cai et al. p. 122

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
AltocrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
superclassAllotriocarida
Athalassocarida
LabiocaridaSchwentner et al. 2017
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
Cercofilata
classInsecta
RankNameAuthor
Dicondylia
Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
Clareocercaria
Acercaria()
superorderPancondylognatha
Condylognatha
orderHemiptera
suborderHeteroptera
infraorderGerromorphaPopov 1971
superfamilyGerroideaLeach 1815
familyGerridaeLeach 1815
subfamilyGerrinaeLeach 1815
subfamilyGerrinaeLeach 1815

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. Gerrinae Leach 1815
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G. Aquarius Schellenberg 1800
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Invalid names: Halobates bagonensis Lin 1981 [synonym]
G. †Electrogerris Andersen 2000
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Electrogerris kotashevichi Andersen 2000
G. Gerris Fabricius 1794 [water strider]
G. Limnoporus Stal 1868
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Limnoporus wilsoni Andersen 1998
G. †Palaeogerris Andersen 1998
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Palaeogerris furensis Andersen 1998
Palaeogerris grandis Andersen 1998
Palaeogerris mikkelseni Andersen 1998
G. †Telmatrechus Scudder 1890
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Telmatrechus defunctus Handlirsch 1910
Telmatrechus parallelus Scudder 1890
Telmatrechus stali Scudder 1879
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Wasatchian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 56.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 51.1 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian56.0 - 51.1USA (Wyoming) Telmatrechus parallelus (122174)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Germany Palaeogerris sp. (157316)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Canada (British Columbia) Gerris defuncta (119896) Hygrotrechus stali (112781) Limnoporus wilsoni (157317 157318)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Denmark Palaeogerris furensis (113028 113030 138943 157310 157313) Palaeogerris furensis, Palaeogerris grandis (114154 138942 157312 157314) Palaeogerris furensis, Palaeogerris mikkelseni (67711 157311) Palaeogerris grandis (113147 152149 157315)
Bridgerian51.1 - 45.9USA (Wyoming) Telmatrechus parallelus (187756)
MP 1348.07 - 41.03Germany (Eifel) Gerris sp. (135642 138912)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9China (Xizang) Aquarius lunpolaensis (200346 224485) Gerris lunpolaensis, Halobates bagonensis (132619)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Gerris sp. (21976)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Electrogerris kotashevichi (110735 234648) Electrogerris sp. (123764)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Denmark Gerris sp. (123762)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Czechia Gerrinae indet. (123833)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Gerris sp. (122010)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Russian Federation Aquarius sp. (138756)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.98 - 5.333Thailand Gerrinae indet. (140983)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Washington) Gerris sp. (167662)