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Bibliografia para identificação

Famílias, subfamílias e gêneros

Andersen, N.M. (1982) The semiaquatic bugs (Hemiptera, Gerromorpha) phylogeny, adaptations, biogeography and classification. Entomonograph, 3: 1-455.

Barbosa, J.F. & Rodrigues, H.D.D. (2015) The True Water Bugs (Nepomorpha). In: True Bugs (Heteroptera) of the Neotropics. Dordrecht: Springer Science+Business Media, p. 159-199.

Mazzucconi, S.A., López Ruf, M.C. & Bachmann, A.O. (2009) Hemiptera – Heteroptera: Gerromorpha y Nepomorpha. In: Macroinvertebrados bentónicos sudamericanos. Sistemática y biología. Tucumán: Fundación Miguel Lillo, p. 167-231.

Moreira, F.F.F. (2015) The Semiaquatic Gerromorphans. In: True Bugs (Heteroptera) of the Neotropics. Dordrecht: Springer Science+Business Media, p. 113-156.

Nieser, N. & Melo, A.L. (1997) Os heterópteros aquáticos de Minas Gerais: guia introdutório com chave de identificação para as espécies de Nepomorpha e Gerromorpha. Belo Horizonte, Ed. UFMG, 180p.

Pereira, D.L.V., Melo, A.L. & Hamada, N. (2007) Chaves de Identificação para Famílias e Gêneros de Gerromorpha e Nepomorpha (Insecta: Heteroptera) na Amazônia Central. Neotropical Entomology, 36: 210-228.

Ribeiro, J.R.I., Moreira, F.F.F., Barbosa, J.F., Alecrim, V.P. & Rodrigues, H.D.D. (2014) Ordem Hemiptera subordem Heteroptera. In: Insetos aquáticos na Amazônia brasileira : taxonomia, biologia e ecologia. Manaus: Editora do INPA, 313-333.

Infraordem Gerromorpha

Mesoveliidae

 Madeoveliinae

 Mesoveloidea

Moreira, F.F.F., Ribeiro, J.R.I. & Nessimian, J.L. (2006) Description of the male and the southernmost record of Mesoveloidea williamsi Hungerford, 1929 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Mesoveliidae). Zootaxa, 1269: 51-56.

Mesoveliinae

 Cryptovelia

Andersen, N.M. & Polhemus, J. T. (1980) Four new genera of Mesoveliidae (Hemiptera, Gerromorpha) and the phylogeny and classification of the family. Entomologica Scandinavica, 11: 369-392.

Darwinivelia

Carvalho, J.C.M. (1984) On a new species of intertidal water strider from Brazil (Hemiptera, Gerromorpha, Mesoveliidae). Amazoniana, 8: 519-523.

Mesovelia

Moreira, F.F.F., Ribeiro, J.R.I. & Nessimian, J.L. (2008) A synopsis of the species of Mesovelia (Insecta: Heteroptera: Mesoveliidae) occurring in the floodplain of the Amazon River, Brazil, with redescriptions of Mesovelia mulsanti White and M. zeteki Harris & Drake. Acta Amazonica, 38: 539-550.

Spangler, P.J. (1990) A new species of halophilous water-strider, Mesovelia polhemusi, from Belize and a key and checklist of New World species of the genus (Heteroptera: Mesoveliidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 103: 86-94.

Hebridae

Ainda não há bibliografia compilada confiável para identificação específica de Hebridae do Brasil, devendo recorrer-se às descrições originais ou comparação com espécimes tipo ou de referência.

Hydrometridae

Heterocleptinae

 Veliometra

Andersen, N.M. (1977) A new and primitive genus and species of Hydrometridae (Hemiptera, Gerromorpha) with a cladistic analysis of relationships within the family. Entomologica Scandinavica, 8: 301-316.

Limnobatodinae

Limnobatodes

Cianferoni, F. (2014) A new record for Limnobatodes paradoxus Hussey, 1925 from Guyana (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Hydrometridae: Limnobatodinae). Zootaxa, 3811: 398-400.

Hungerford, H.B. & Evans, N.E. (1934) The Hydrometridae of the Hungarian National Museum and other studies in the family. (Hemiptera). Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, 28: 31-112.

Hydrometrinae

 Hydrometra

Hungerford, H.B. & Evans, N.E. (1934) The Hydrometridae of the Hungarian National Museum and other studies in the family. (Hemiptera). Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, 28: 31-112.

Moreira, F.F.F. & Barbosa, J.F. (2013) A new Hydrometra ( Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Hydrometridae) from northeastern Brazil, with a key to the species recorded from the country. Zootaxa, 3619: 70-74.

Bacillometra

Hungerford, H.B. & Evans, N.E. (1934) The Hydrometridae of the Hungarian National Museum and other studies in the family. (Hemiptera). Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, 28: 31-112.

Polhemus, J.T. & Polhemus, D.A. (2010) Bacillometroides, a New Genus of Hydrometridae (Heteroptera) for Three Previously Described Species from South America. Entomologica Americana, 116: 58-63.

Veliidae

 Subfamília Rhagoveliinae

 Rhagovelia

Floriano, C.F.B. & Moreira, F.F.F. (2015) A new species of Rhagovelia Mayr, 1865 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from Brazil. Zootaxa, 4018: 437-443.

Moreira, F.F.F. & Barbosa, J.F. (2011) The Veliidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha) from São Paulo State, Brazil: new species, description of the male of Microvelia ioana Drake & Hottes, 1952, and synonymical and distributional notes. Annales de Limnologie, 47: 297-311.

Moreira, F.F.F. & Barbosa, J.F. (2014) A new Rhagovelia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from the Brazilian Amazon, with a key to species of the robusta group known from the country. Zootaxa, 3790: 595-600.

Moreira, F.F.F., Barbosa, J.F. & Ribeiro, J.R.I. (2012) Veliidae (Insecta, Heteroptera, Gerromorpha) from southeastern Brazil: three new species from Rio de Janeiro State, a new species group for Neotropical Rhagovelia Mayr, and notes on distribution and synonymy. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 56: 147-158.

Moreira, F.F.F., Nessimian, J.L., Rúdio, J.A. & Salles, F.F. (2010) New species and new records of Veliidae from Espírito Santo State and adjacent Minas Gerais State, Brazil, with notes on nomenclature (Insecta: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha). Journal of Natural History, 44: 2761-2801.

Moreira, F.F.F. & Ribeiro, J.R.I. (2009) Two new Rhagovelia (Heteroptera: Veliidae) and new records for twelve species in southeastern Brazil. Aquatic Insects, 31: 45-61.

Nieser, N. & Polhemus, D.A. (1999) Four New Species of Rhagovelia (Heteroptera: Veliidae) from Minas Gerais (Brazil), with a Key to the Regional Species of the angustipes Complex. Aquatic Insects, 21: 53-76.

Polhemus, D.A. (1997) Systematics of the Genus Rhagovelia Mayr (Heteroptera: Veliidae) in the Western Hemisphere (exclusive of the Angustipes Complex). Lanham: Entomological Society of America, 386p.

Veliinae

 Oiovelia

Moreira, F.F.F., Nessimian, J.L., Rúdio, J.A. & Salles, F.F. (2010) New species and new records of Veliidae from Espírito Santo State and adjacent Minas Gerais State, Brazil, with notes on nomenclature (Insecta: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha). Journal of Natural History, 44: 2761-2801.

Rodrigues, H.D.D., Melo, A.L. & Ferreira-Kepler, R.L. (2014) Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical genus Oiovelia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 54: 65-98.

Rodrigues, H.D.D. & Moreira, F.F.F. (2016) A new species and new records of Oiovelia (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha: Veliidae) from Brazil. Zootaxa, 4078: 153-160.

Spangler, P.J. (1986) Two new species of water-striders of the genus Oiovelia from the Tepui Cerro de la Neblina, Venezuela (Hemiptera: Velidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 88: 438-450.

Paravelia

Rodrigues, H.D.D., Moreira, F.F.F., Nieser, N., Chen, P-p., Melo, A.L., Dias-Silva, K. & Giehl, N.F.S. (2014) The genus Paravelia Breddin, 1898 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) in Brazil, with descriptions of eight new species. Zootaxa, 3784: 1-47.

Platyvelia

Ainda não há bibliografia compilada confiável para identificação específica de Platyvelia do Brasil, devendo recorrer-se às descrições originais ou comparação com espécimes tipo ou de referência.

Steinovelia

Ainda não há bibliografia compilada confiável para identificação específica de Steinovelia do Brasil, devendo recorrer-se às descrições originais ou comparação com espécimes tipo ou de referência.

Stridulivelia

Polhemus, J.T. & Spangler, P.J. (1995) A review of the genus Stridulivelia Hungerford and two new species (Heteroptera: Veliidae) from South America. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 97: 128-152.

Microveliinae

 Microvelia

Moreira, F.F.F. & Barbosa, J.F. (2011) The Veliidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha) from São Paulo State, Brazil: new species, description of the male of Microvelia ioana Drake & Hottes, 1952, and synonymical and distributional notes. Annales de Limnologie, 47: 297-311.

Moreira, F.F.F., Barbosa, J.F. & Nessimian, J.L. (2011) Description of Microvelia urucara sp. nov. and new distributional data on veliids (Insecta: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from the Amazon River floodplain, Brazil. Zoologia, 28: 658-662.

Moreira, F.F.F., Barbosa, J.F. & Ribeiro, J.R.I. (2012) Veliidae (Insecta, Heteroptera, Gerromorpha) from southeastern Brazil: three new species from Rio de Janeiro State, a new species group for Neotropical Rhagovelia Mayr, and notes on distribution and synonymy. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 56: 147-158.

Moreira, F.F.F., Nessimian, J.L., Rúdio, J.A. & Salles, F.F. (2010) New species and new records of Veliidae from Espírito Santo State and adjacent Minas Gerais State, Brazil, with notes on nomenclature (Insecta: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha). Journal of Natural History, 44: 2761-2801.

Rúdio, J.A. & Moreira, F.F.F. (2011) A new species of Microvelia (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha) from coastal Espírito Santo State, with a key to the species of the genus recorded from southeastern Brazil. Zootaxa, 3004: 63-68.

Euvelia

Aristizábal-García, H., Floriano, C.F.B., Moreira, F.F.F. & Bispo, P.C. (2015) New species and notes on Microveliinae from northern South America (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae). Zootaxa, 3980: 591-596.

Aristizábal-García, H., Floriano, C.F.B., Moreira, F.F.F. & Bispo, P.C. (2015) Erratum. Zootaxa, 4028: 600.

Husseyella

Ainda não há bibliografia compilada confiável para identificação específica de Husseyella do Brasil, devendo recorrer-se às descrições originais ou comparação com espécimes tipo ou de referência.

Xiphovelia

Ainda não há bibliografia compilada confiável para identificação específica de Xiphovelia do Brasil, devendo recorrer-se às descrições originais ou comparação com espécimes tipo ou de referência.

Gerridae

 Charmatometrinae

 Brachymetra

Moreira, F.F.F., Alecrim, V.P., Ribeiro, J.R.I. & Nessimian, J.L. (2011) Identification key to the Gerridae (Insecta: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha) from the Amazon River floodplain, Brazil, with new records for the Brazilian Amazon. Zoologia, 28: 269-279.

Nieser, N. (1970) Gerridae of Suriname and the Amazon with additional records of other Neotropical species. Studies on the Fauna of Suriname and other Guyanas 12: 94-138.

Shaw, J.G. (1933) A study of the genus Brachymetra (Hemiptera-Gerridae). University of Kansas Science Bulletin, 21: 221-233.

Cylindrostethinae

 Cylindrostethus

Floriano, C.F.B. & Cavichioli, R. (2013) A new species of Cylindrostethus Mayr (Hemiptera, Gerromorpha, Gerridae) for the Neotropical Region, with an identification key for the species of Group 1 sensu Drake 1952. Zootaxa, 3702: 187-192.

Moreira, F.F.F., Alecrim, V.P., Ribeiro, J.R.I. & Nessimian, J.L. (2011) Identification key to the Gerridae (Insecta: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha) from the Amazon River floodplain, Brazil, with new records for the Brazilian Amazon. Zoologia, 28: 269-279.

Nieser, N. (1970) Gerridae of Suriname and the Amazon with additional records of other Neotropical species. Studies on the Fauna of Suriname and other Guyanas 12: 94-138.

Gerrinae

 Limnogonus

Moreira, F.F.F., Alecrim, V.P., Ribeiro, J.R.I. & Nessimian, J.L. (2011) Identification key to the Gerridae (Insecta: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha) from the Amazon River floodplain, Brazil, with new records for the Brazilian Amazon. Zoologia, 28: 269-279.

Nieser, N. (1970) Gerridae of Suriname and the Amazon with additional records of other Neotropical species. Studies on the Fauna of Suriname and other Guyanas 12: 94-138.

Nieser, N. & Melo, A.L. (1997) Os heterópteros aquáticos de Minas Gerais: guia introdutório com chave de identificação para as espécies de Nepomorpha e Gerromorpha. Belo Horizonte, Ed. UFMG, 180p.

Neogerris

Moreira, F.F.F., Alecrim, V.P., Ribeiro, J.R.I. & Nessimian, J.L. (2011) Identification key to the Gerridae (Insecta: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha) from the Amazon River floodplain, Brazil, with new records for the Brazilian Amazon. Zoologia, 28: 269-279.

Nieser, N. (1970) Gerridae of Suriname and the Amazon with additional records of other Neotropical species. Studies on the Fauna of Suriname and other Guyanas 12: 94-138.

Nieser, N. (1994) A new species and a new status in Neogerris Matsumura (Heteroptera: Gerridae) with a key to American species. Storkia, 3: 27-37.

Nieser, N. & Melo, A.L. (1997) Os heterópteros aquáticos de Minas Gerais: guia introdutório com chave de identificação para as espécies de Nepomorpha e Gerromorpha. Belo Horizonte, Ed. UFMG, 180p.

Tachygerris

Buzzetti, F.M. & Zettel, H. (2011) Three new species of the water strider genus Tachygerris Drake, 1957 (Insecta: Heteroptera: Gerridae) from South America. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 112B: 73-87.

Morales-Castaño, I.T. & Molano-Rendón, F. (2009) Revisión de los géneros Eurygerris y Tachygerris (Hemiptera: Tachygerrini) para la región neotropical. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 80: 395-410.

Nieser, N. (1970) Gerridae of Suriname and the Amazon with additional records of other Neotropical species. Studies on the Fauna of Suriname and other Guyanas 12: 94-138.

Nieser, N. & Melo, A.L. (1997) Os heterópteros aquáticos de Minas Gerais: guia introdutório com chave de identificação para as espécies de Nepomorpha e Gerromorpha. Belo Horizonte, Ed. UFMG, 180p.

Halobatinae

 Halobates

Andersen, N.M. & Cheng, L. (2004) The marine insect Halobates (Heteroptera: Gerridae): Biology, adaptations, distribution, and phylogeny. Oceanography and Marine Biology, 42: 119-180.

Rhagadotarsinae

 Rheumatobates

Drake, C.J. (1958) Two new species of water-striders from Peru (Hemiptera: Gerridae). Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society, 53: 109-111.

Drake, C.J. & Carvalho, J.C.M. (1954) New waterstriders from Brazil (Hemiptera). Proceedings of The Biological Society of Washington, 67: 223-226.

Drake, C.J. & Chapman, H.C. (1954) New American waterstriders (Hemiptera). Florida Entomologist, 37: 151-155.

Hungerford, H.B. (1954) The genus Rheumatobates Bergroth (Hemiptera-Gerridae). University of Kansas Science Bulletin, 36: 529-588.

Moreira, F.F.F., Alecrim, V.P., Ribeiro, J.R.I. & Nessimian, J.L. (2011) Identification key to the Gerridae (Insecta: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha) from the Amazon River floodplain, Brazil, with new records for the Brazilian Amazon. Zoologia, 28: 269-279.

Nieser, N. (1970) Gerridae of Suriname and the Amazon with additional records of other Neotropical species. Studies on the Fauna of Suriname and other Guyanas 12: 94-138.

Nieser, N. & Melo, A.L. (1997) Os heterópteros aquáticos de Minas Gerais: guia introdutório com chave de identificação para as espécies de Nepomorpha e Gerromorpha. Belo Horizonte, Ed. UFMG, 180p.

Trepobatinae

 Metrobates

Nieser, N. (1993) Two new South American taxa of Metrobates (Heteroptera: Gerridae). Storkia, 2: 21-25.

Lathriobatoides

Polhemus, J.T. (1991) Two new Neotropical genera of Trepobatinae (Gerridae: Heteroptera). Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 99: 78-86.

Polhemus, J.T. (2004) Nomenclatural notes on homonomy and synonymy in the Gerromorpha (Heteroptera: Gerridae, Hydrometridae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 112: 212-213.

Halobatopsis

Nieser, N. & Melo, A.L. (1999) A new species of Halobatopsis (Heteroptera: Gerridae) from Minas Gerais (Brazil), with a key to the species. Entomologische Berichten, 59: 97-102.

Ovatametra

Bachmann, A.O. (1966) Ovatametra gualeguay nueva especie de Gerridae de la República Argentina (Hemiptera). Neotrópica, 12: 87-90.

Drake, C.J. (1957) New neotropical water-striders (Hemiptera). Proceedings of The Biological Society of Washington, 70: 111-117.

Drake, C.J. (1959) Three new water-striders from Brazil (Hemiptera). Bulletin of The Southern California Academy of Sciences, 58: 107-111.

Kenaga, E.E. (1942) A New Genus in the Halobatinae (Gerridae-Hemiptera). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 15: 136-141.

Moreira, F.F.F., Alecrim, V.P., Ribeiro, J.R.I. & Nessimian, J.L. (2011) Identification key to the Gerridae (Insecta: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha) from the Amazon River floodplain, Brazil, with new records for the Brazilian Amazon. Zoologia, 28: 269-279.

Telmatometra

Kenaga, E.E. (1941) The genus Telmatometra Bergroth (Hemiptera -Gerridae). University of Kansas Science Bulletin, 27: 169-183.

Nieser, N. (1970) Gerridae of Suriname and the Amazon with additional records of other Neotropical species. Studies on the Fauna of Suriname and other Guyanas 12: 94-138.

Trepobates

Drake, C.J. & Hottes, F.C. (1952) Genus Trepobates Herrich-Schaeffer (Hemiptera; Gerridae). Great Basin Naturalist, 12: 35-38.

Nepomorpha

Belostomatidae

Belostoma

Estévez, A.L. & Polhemus, J.T. (2001) The small species of Belostoma (Heteroptera: Belostomatidae). I. Key to species groups and a revision of the denticolle group. Iheringia, Série Zoologia, 91: 151–158.

Ribeiro, J.R.I. (2005) Família Belostomatidae Leach, 1815 (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera): chave e catálogo de identificação para as espécies ocorrentes no Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. Arquivos do Museu Nacional, 63: 247–262.

Ribeiro, J.R.I. (2007) A review of the species of Belostoma Latreille, 1807 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Belostomatidae) from the four southeastern Brazilian states. Zootaxa, 1477: 1–70.

Ribeiro, J.R.I. & Alecrim, V.P. (2008) Duas novas espécies de Belostoma Latreille, 1807 (Hemiptera, Heteroptera: Belostomatidae) do grupo plebejum sensu Nieser, 1975. Acta Amazonica, 38: 179–188.

 

Ribeiro, J.R.I. & Estévez, A.L. (2009) The small species of Belostoma Latreille (Heteroptera, Belostomatidae). III. A revision of the oxyurum group, with a new species from Brazil and description of the male of B. noualhieri Montandon. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 53: 207–215.

 Horvathinia

Schnack, J.A. Estévez, A.L. (2005) On the taxonomic status of the genus Horvathinia Montandon (Hemiptera: Belostomatidae). Zootaxa, 1016: 21–27.

Lethocerus

Nieser, N. & Melo, A.L. (1997) Os Heterópteros Aquáticos de Minas Gerais – Guia Introdutório com Chave de Identificação para as Espécies de Nepomorpha e Gerromorpha. Editora UFMG, Belo Horizonte, 180 pp.

Perez-Goodwyn, P.J. (2006) Taxonomic revision of the subfamily Lethocerinae Lauck & Menke (Heteroptera: Belostomatidae). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, 695: 1–70.

Weberiella

Estévez A.L. & Ribeiro J.R.I. (2011) Weberiella De Carlo, 1966 (Insecta: Heteroptera: (Belostomatidae) revisited: redescription with a key to the genera of Belostomatidae and considerations on backbrooding behavior. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 250:46–54.

Corixidae (sensu lato)

Centrocorisa

Hungerford, H. B. (1948) The Corixidae of the Western Hemisphere (Hemiptera). – University of Kansas Science Bulletin, 32: 5–827.

Heterocorixa

Bachmann, A.O. (1981) Insecta, Hemiptera, Corixidae. Fauna de Agua Dulce de la Republica Argentina, 35: 1–270.

Hungerford, H. B. (1948) The Corixidae of the Western Hemisphere (Hemiptera). – University of Kansas Science Bulletin, 32: 5–827.

Nieser, N. (1970) Corixidae of Suriname and the Amazon with records of other Neotropical species. Studies on the Fauna of Suriname and Other Guyanas, 12: 43–70.

Monogobia

Nieser N. & Chen P.P. (2006) Two new genera and new subfamily of Micronectidae (Heteroptera, Nepomorpha) from Brazil. Denisia, 19: 523–534.

Sigara

Bachmann, A.O. (1981) Insecta, Hemiptera, Corixidae. Fauna de Agua Dulce de la Republica Argentina, 35: 1–270.

Bernardo, L.P., Ribeiro, J.R.I., Stenert, C. & Maltchik, L. (2012) Uma nova espécie de Sigara Fabricius (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Corixidae) e redescrição das espécies do gênero com registro do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 56: 159–182.

Hungerford, H. B. (1948) The Corixidae of the Western Hemisphere (Hemiptera). – University of Kansas Science Bulletin 32: 4–827.

Nieser, N. & Melo, A.L. (1997) Os Heterópteros Aquáticos de Minas Gerais – Guia Introdutório com Chave de Identificação para as Espécies de Nepomorpha e Gerromorpha. Editora UFMG, Belo Horizonte, 180 pp.

Synaptogobia

Nieser N. & Chen P.P. (2006) Two new genera and new subfamily of Micronectidae (Heteroptera, Nepomorpha) from Brazil. Denisia, 19: 523–534.

Tenagobia

Nieser, N. (1977) A revision of the genus Tenagobia Bergroth (Heteroptera: Corixidae). Studies on Neotropical Fauna Environment, 12: 1–56.

Trichocorixa

Hungerford, H. B. (1948) The Corixidae of the Western Hemisphere (Hemiptera). – University of Kansas Science Bulletin 32: 5–827.

Gelastocoridae

Gelastocoris

Nieser, N. (1975) The water bugs (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha) of the Guyana Region. Studies on the Fauna of Suriname and Other Guyanas, 16: 1–103.

Todd, E.L. (1955) A taxonomic revision of the family Gelastocoridae (Hemiptera). University of Kansas Science Bulletin, 37: 277–475.

Nerthra

Nieser, N. (1975) The water bugs (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha) of the Guyana Region. Studies on the Fauna of Suriname and Other Guyanas, 16: 1–103.

Todd, E.L. (1955) A taxonomic revision of the family Gelastocoridae (Hemiptera). University of Kansas Science Bulletin, 37: 277–475.

Helotrephidae

Neotrephes

Nieser, N. & Chen, P.P. (2002) Six new species of Neotrephes China, 1936 (Heteroptera: Helotrephidae) from Brazil, with a key to Neotropical Helotrephidae. Lundiana, 3: 31–40.

Paratrephes

Nieser, N. & Chen, P.P. (2002) Six new species of Neotrephes China, 1936 (Heteroptera: Helotrephidae) from Brazil, with a key to Neotropical Helotrephidae. Lundiana, 3: 31–40.

Rodrigues, H.D.D., Melo, A.L. & Ferreira-Keppler, R.L. (2012) Macropterous form of Paratrephes China, 1940, with new distributional records of Neotrephinae from Brazil (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Helotrephidae). Zootaxa 3483: 82–88.

Naucoridae

Ambrysus

Nieser, N. (1975) The water bugs (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha) of the Guyana Region. Studies on the Fauna of Suriname and Other Guyanas, 16: 1–103.

Nieser, N., Pelli, A. & Melo, A.L. (1999) Two new Ambrysinae (Heteroptera: Naucoridae) from Minas Gerais, Brazil. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae, 63: 157–163.Nieser, N., Pelli, A. & Melo, A.L. (1999) Two new Ambrysinae (Heteroptera: Naucoridae) from Minas Gerais, Brazil. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae, 63: 157–163.

Sites, R.W. & Reynoso-Velasco, D. (2015) Review of the Ambrysus stali La Rivers species complex (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha: Naucoridae) with the description of a new species from Mesoamerica. Zootaxa, 4018: 279–291.

Carvalhoiella

Nieser, N., Pelli, A. & Melo, A.L. (1999) Two new Ambrysinae (Heteroptera: Naucoridae) from Minas Gerais, Brazil. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae, 63: 157–163.

Cryphocricos

Ainda não há bibliografia confiável para identificação específica de Cryphocricos do Brasil, devendo recorrer-se às descrições originais ou comparação com espécimes tipo ou de referência.

Ctenipocoris

Herrera, F. (2013) First record of the genus Ctenipocoris (Heteroptera: Naucoridae) in Central America, with a preliminary key to the American species and description of a new species. Zootaxa, 3731: 338–344.

Limnocoris

Nieser, N. (1975) The water bugs (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha) of the Guyana Region. Studies on the Fauna of Suriname and Other Guyanas, 16: 1–103.

Nieser N, López-Ruf M (2001) A review of Limnocoris Stål (Heteroptera: Naucoridae) in Southern South America East of the Andes. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 144: 261–328.

Pelocoris

Não existe na literatura chave de identificação específica para a fauna brasileira, porém, as espécies que até então são registradas no Brasil podem ser identificadas através das chaves para a fauna do Escudo das Guianas (Nieser 1975) e da Argentina (López-Ruf 1994a,b).

López-Ruf, M. (1994a) El genero Pelocoris en la Argentina (Heteroptera – Limnocoridae). I. Introduccion, diagnosis, clave de especies y redescripcion de P. (P.) binotulatus nigriculus Berg, P. (P.) binotulatus binotulatus (Stål) y P. (P.) impicticollis Stål. Physis, 49: 13–22.

López-Ruf, M. (1994b) El genero Pelocoris en la Argentina (Heteroptera – Limnocoridae). II. Physis, 49: 47–57.

Nieser, N. (1975) The water bugs (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha) of the Guyana Region. Studies on the Fauna of Suriname and Other Guyanas, 16: 1–103.

Placomerus

Sites, R.W. & Camacho, J. (2014) Neotropical genera of Naucoridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Nepomorpha): New species of Placomerus and Procryphocricos from Guyana and Venezuela. Zootaxa, 3753: 469–482.

Família Nepidae

Curicta

Keffer, S.L. (1996) Systematics of the New World waterscorpion genus Curicta Stål (Heteroptera: Nepidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 104: 117–215.

Nieser, N. (1975) The water bugs (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha) of the Guyana Region. Studies on the Fauna of Suriname and Other Guyanas, 16: 1–103.

Ranatra

Nieser, N. (1975) The water bugs (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha) of the Guyana Region. Studies on the Fauna of Suriname and Other Guyanas, 16: 1–103.

Nieser, N. & Melo, A.L. (1997) Os Heterópteros Aquáticos de Minas Gerais – Guia Introdutório com Chave de Identificação para as Espécies de Nepomorpha e Gerromorpha. Editora UFMG, Belo Horizonte, 180 pp.

Telmatotrephes

Lansbury, I. (1972) A revision of the genus Telmatotrephes Stål (Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Nepidae). Zoologica Scripta, 1: 271–286.

Rodrigues, H.D.D. (2016) New records of the genus Telmatotrephes Stål, 1854 from Brazil. Onychium (in press).

Notonectidae

Buenoa

Barbosa, J.F. & Nessimian, J.L. (2013) The genus Buenoa Kirkaldy, 1904 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Nepomorpha: Notonectidae) in northern Brazil: inventory, new records, and new species. Zootaxa, 3694: 101–130.

Nieser, N. (1975) The water bugs (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha) of the Guyana Region. Studies on the Fauna of Suriname and Other Guyanas, 16: 1–103.

Nieser, N. & Melo, A.L. (1997) Os Heterópteros Aquáticos de Minas Gerais – Guia Introdutório com Chave de Identificação para as Espécies de Nepomorpha e Gerromorpha. Editora UFMG, Belo Horizonte, 180 pp.

Enitharoides

Apenas uma espécie do gênero é registrada para o Brasil, E. brasiliensis. Moreira et al.(2011) comentaram que essa espécie pode ser na verdade um complexo de espécies, uma vez que alguns espécimes não se encaixam com a descrição original de E. brasiliensis.

Martarega

Barbosa, J.F., Nessimian, J.L. & Takiya, D.M. (2015) Description of two new species of Martarega White, 1879 (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha: Notonectidae), one based on the mixed type-series of M. oriximinaensis Barbosa, Ribeiro & Ferreira-Keppler, 2010. Zootaxa, 3947: 417–424.

Barbosa, J.F., Ribeiro, J.R.I. & Nessimian, J.L. (2012) A synopsis of Martarega White, 1879 (Insecta: Heteroptera: Notonectidae) occurring in the Brazilian Amazonia, with descriptions of three new species. Journal of Natural History, 46: 1025–1057.

Barbosa, J.F. & Rodrigues, H.D.D. (2013) A new species of Martarega White, 1879, with new distributional records of Notonectidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Nepomorpha) from Brazil. Zootaxa, 3682: 534–540.

Mazzucconi, S.A. (2011) A new species of Martarega White, 1879 from South America (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Notonectidae), with an identification key to all described species of the genus. Aquatic Insects, 33: 113–126.

Notonecta

Barbosa, J.F. & Nessimian, J.L. (2013) New species and new records of Notonecta (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Notonectidae) from Brazil. Zoologia, 30: 692–696.

Família Ochteridae

Ochterus

Cordeiro, I.R.S., Moreira, F.F.F. & Silva, F.A.C. (2014) A new Ochterus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Ochteridae) from northeastern Brazil, with a key to the species recorded from the country. Zootaxa, 3860: 493–497.

Família Pleidae

Neoplea

Não existe na literatura chave de identificação específica para a fauna brasileira, porém, as espécies que até então são registradas no Brasil podem ser identificadas através das chaves para a fauna do Escudo das Guianas (Nieser 1975) e da Argentina (Bachmann 1968; Bachmann & López-Ruf 1994).

Bachmann, A.O. (1968) Las Pleidae de la Republica Argentina (Hemiptera). Revista de La Sociedad Entomológica Argentina, 30: 121–129.

Bachmann, A.O. & López-Ruf, M. (1994) Los Pleoidea de la Argentina (Insecta: Hemiptera). Fauna de água Dulce de la Republica Argentina, 35: 1–32.

Nieser, N. (1975) The water bugs (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha) of the Guyana Region. Studies on the Fauna of Suriname and Other Guyanas, 16: 1–103.

Paraplea

Ainda não há bibliografia confiável para identificação específica de Paraplea do Brasil, devendo recorrer-se às descrições originais ou comparação com espécimes tipo ou de referência.

Potamocoridae

Potamocoris

Herrera, F. & Springer, M. (2014) New species of Potamocoris Hungerford (Heteroptera, Potamocoridae) from Costa Rica and a key to the species. Zootaxa, 3884: 492–496.

Longo, R.S., Ribeiro, J.R.I. & Nessimian, J.L. (2005) A new species of Coleopterocoris Hungerford from Southeastern Brazil, with notes on C. hungerfordi De Carlo and C. kleerekoperi Hungerford (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Potamocoridae). Zootaxa, 1016: 39–47.

Polhemus, D.A. & Carrie, R.H. (2013) A new species of Potamocoris (Heteroptera: Potamocoridae) from Belize, and synonymy of the genus Coleopterocoris. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 156: 141–149.

Especialistas em Heteroptera (aquáticos) no Brasil

Belostomatidae

  • Belostoma anurum (Schäffer, 1848)
  • Belostoma costalimai De Carlo, 1938
  • Belostoma plebejum (Stål, 1860)
  • Belostoma sanctulum Montandon, 1903
  • Belostoma testaceopallidum Latreille, 1807
  • Lethocerus delpontei De Carlo, 1930
  • Lethocerus maximus De Carlo, 1938

Corixidae

  • Sigara (Tropocorixa) denseconscriptoidea  (Hungerford, 1928)
  • Sigara (Tropocorixa) dita Jaczewski, 1927

Gelastocoridae

  • Gelastocoris flavus  (Guérin–Méneville, 1835)
  • Gelastocoris flavus flavus (Guérin–Méneville, 1835)
  • Nerthra americana (Montandon, 1905)

Gerridae

  • Limnogonus (Limnogonus) aduncus Drake & Harris, 1933
  • Limnogonus (Limnogonus) aduncus aduncus Drake & Harris, 1933

Nepidae

  • Curicta bilobata Kuitert, 1949
  • Ranatra cruzi De Carlo, 1950
  • Ranatra lenti De Carlo, 1950

Notonectidae

  • Buenoa nitida Truxal, 1953
  • Enitharoides brasiliensis (Spinola, 1837)

Veliidae

  • Husseyella diffidens (Drake and Harris, 1933)
  • Husseyella halophila (Drake, 1958)
  • Microvelia ayacuchana Drake and Maldonado-Capriles, 1952
  • Microvelia longipes Uhler, 1894
  • Microvelia mimula White, 1879
  • Microvelia pulchella Westwood, 1834
  • Microvelia venustatis Drake and Harris, 1933
  • Oiovelia brasiliensis Moreira, Nessimian and Rúdio, 2010
  • Paravelia capixaba Moreira, Nessimian and Rúdio, 2010
  • Platyvelia brachialis (Stål, 1860)
  • Rhagovelia accedens Drake, 1957
  • Rhagovelia aiuruoca Moreira and Ribeiro, 2009
  • Rhagovelia bocaina Moreira and Ribeiro, 2009
  • Rhagovelia denticulata Moreira, Nessimian and Rúdio
  • Rhagovelia elegans Uhler, 1894
  • Rhagovelia hambletoni Drake and Harris, 1933
  • Rhagovelia itatiaiana Drake, 1953
  • Rhagovelia mangle Moreira, Nessimian and Rúdio, 2010
  • Rhagovelia robusta Gould, 1931
  • Rhagovelia sooretama Moreira, Nessimian and Rúdio
  • Rhagovelia tenuipes Champion, 1898
  • Rhagovelia teresa Moreira, Nessimian and Rúdio, 2010
  • Rhagovelia triangula Nieser and Polhemus, 1997
  • Rhagovelia trianguloides Nieser and Polhemus, 1997
  • Rhagovelia vaniniae Moreira, Nessimian and Rúdio, 2010
  • Rhagovelia zela Drake, 1959
  • Stridulivelia quadrispinosa (Hungerford, 1929)
  • Stridulivelia tersa (Drake and Harris, 1941)