| Anisops | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Notonectidae |
| Genus: | Anisops Spinola, 1837 |
| Type species | |
| Notovecta nivea Fabricius, 1775 | |
Anisops is a genus of insects in the family Notonectidae. They're sometimes referred to as backswimmers, so called because they swim upside down.
Taxonomy
Anisops contains the following species:
- Anisops letitia
- Anisops varia
- Anisops aglaia
- Anisops apicalis
- Anisops gracilis
- Anisops hypatria
- Anisops jaczewskii
- Anisops leesoniana
- Anisops perpulcher
- Anisops poweri
- Anisops praetexta
- Anisops psyche
- Anisops varius
- Anisops amaisi
- Anisops thienemanni
- Anisops hyperion
- Anisops planifascies
- Anisops crinitus
- Anisops wakefieldi - Endemic to New Zealand.
- Anisops debilis
- Anisops pellucens
- Anisops sardea
- Anisops tahitiensis
- Anisops deanei
- Anisops kuroiwae
- Anisops stali
- Anisops elstoni
- Anisops sardeus
- Anisops nasuta
- Anisops occipitalis
- Anisops assimilis - Endemic to New Zealand.
- Anisops ogasawarensis
References
- ^ "Common Backswimmers (Genus Anisops)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2024-11-18.
- Spinola, Maximilian (1837). Essai sur les genres d'insectes appartenants a l'ordre des hemiptères, Lin., ou rhyngotes, Fab., et à la section des heteroptères, Dufour / para Maximilien Spinola. Gênes: Y. Gravier.
- ^ Winterbourn, Michael J. (2005). "Dispersal, feeding and parasitism of adult stoneflies (Plecoptera) at a New Zealand forest stream". Aquatic Insects. 27 (3): 155–166. doi:10.1080/01650420500062840. ISSN 0165-0424. Retrieved 2024-11-18.
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