Gerris costae

Gerris costae
	Gerris costae fieberi Stichel, 1938 male Syria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Infraorder:	Gerromorpha
Family:	Gerridae
Genus:	Gerris
Species:	G. costae
Binomial name
	Gerris costae ; (Herrich-Schäffer, 1850)

Gerris costae is a Palearctic species of true bug.^[1] ^[2] It is aquatic.It is commonly known as the Moorland Pondskater, and has been found in France, Ireland, United Kingdom, The Balkans, and Upper Italy/Switzerland. It is also known to have three apparent subspecies: -Gerris costae costae

-Gerris costae fieberi

-Gerris costae poissoni

References

^ K. H. C. Jordan: Wasserwanzen. Die Neue Brehm-Bücherei, Leipzig, 1950. .
^ Mamaev B.M. , Medvedev L.N. , Pravdin F.N. Keys to insects of the European part of the USSR. - M .: Education, 1976 .-- P. 87 .-- 304 p.

[1] K. H. C. Jordan: Wasserwanzen. Die Neue Brehm-Bücherei, Leipzig, 1950. .

[2] Mamaev B.M. , Medvedev L.N. , Pravdin F.N. Keys to insects of the European part of the USSR. - M .: Education, 1976 .-- P. 87 .-- 304 p.

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