Gerridae
Translingual
Etymology
Gerris + -idae
Proper noun
Gerridae
- A taxonomic family within the order Hemiptera – water striders, true bugs that walk on water and prey on other invertebrates.
Synonyms
- (family): water skeeters, water bugs, pond skaters, water skippers, jesus bugs
Hypernyms
- (family): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Paraneoptera - superorder; Hemiptera - order; Heteroptera - suborder; Gerromorpha - infraorder; Gerroidea - superfamily
Hyponyms
- (family): Charmatometrinae, Cylindrostethinae, Eotrechinae, Gerrinae, Halobatinae, Ptilomerinae, Rhagadotarsinae, Trepobatinae - subfamilies
- Amemboides, Aquarius, Brachymetra, Chimarrhometra, Cylindrostethus, Eurymetra, Gerris, Metrobates, Potamobates, Rheumatobates, Tachygerris, Telmatometropsis, Tenagogonus - genera
See also
- Veliidae (water crickets)
References
Gerridae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Gerridae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Gerridae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Gerridae at World Register of Marine Species
- Gerridae at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Gerridae at the Tree of Life Web Project
- Gerridae at Encyclopedia of Life
- Gerridae at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Gerridae at Paleology Database