Gerris

Gerris
A pair of common water striders (Gerris lacustris) copulating
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Infraorder:	Gerromorpha
Family:	Gerridae
Tribe:	Gerrini
Genus:	Gerris Fabricius, 1794
Species
See text

Gerris is a bug genus in the family Gerridae (water striders).

Species

2

Former species

• Gerris ampla reclassified as Aquarius amplus (Drake and Harris, 1938)
• Gerris apicalis Curtis, 1835 junior synonym for Gerris argentatus Schummel, 1832
• Gerris canaliculatus reclassified as Limnoporus canaliculatus (Say, 1832)
• Gerris conformis reclassified as Aquarius conformis (Uhler, 1878)
• Gerris dissortis reclassified as Limnotrechus dissortis (Drake and Harris, 1930)
• Gerris mantis reclassified as Emesa mantis (Fabricius, 1794)
• Gerris gracilicornis reclassified as Limnotrechus gracilicornis (Horvath, 1879)
• Gerris najas reclassified as Aquarius najas (De Geer, 1773)
• Gerris nebularis reclassified as Aquarius nebularis (Drake and Hottes, 1925)
• Gerris nyctalis reclassified as Aquarius nyctalis (Drake and Hottes, 1925)
• Gerris remigis reclassified as Aquarius remigis (Say, 1832)
• Gerris rufoscutellatus reclassified as Limnoporus rufoscutellatus (Latreille, 1807)