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Aquarius nebularis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Gerridae
Genus:	Aquarius
Species:	A. nebularis
Binomial name
Aquarius nebularis (Drake and Hottes, 1925)
Synonyms
Gerris nebularis Drake and Hottes, 1925

Aquarius nebularis is a species of water strider in the family Gerridae. It is found in the eastern United States from New York south to central Florida and west to Louisiana, Arkansas, and Iowa.

Adults reach lengths of 14–16 mm. Aquarius nebularis is part of the A. elongatus species group, being most closely related to A. conformis, a species also found in eastern North America.

References

1. "Aquarius nebularis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2020-11-08.
2. Henry, Thomas J.; Froeschner, Richard C., eds. (1988). Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States. CRC Press. ISBN 9780916846442.
3. ^ Epler, John H. (2006). "Identification Manual for the Aquatic and Semi-aquatic Heteroptera of Florida" (PDF). Florida Department of Environmental Protection.
4. Damgaard, Jakob; Cognato, A.I. (2005). "Phylogeny and reclassification of species groups in Aquarius Schellenberg, Limnoporus Stål and Gerris Fabricius (Insecta: Hemiptera‐Heteroptera, Gerridae)". Systematic Entomology. 31 (1): 93–112. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2005.00302.x. S2CID 82154721.
5. Ye, Zhen; Damgaard, Jakob; Chen, Pingping; Zhu, Lin; Zheng, Chenguang; Bu, Wenjun (2018). "Biogeography and diversification of Holarctic water striders: Cenozoic temperature variation, habitat shifting and multiple intercontinental dispersals". Systematic Entomology. 43 (1): 19–30. doi:10.1111/syen.12274. S2CID 90741463.

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