Veliidae

Velia caprai

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gerroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Paraneoptera Superordo: Condylognatha Ordo: Hemiptera Subordo: Heteroptera Infraordo: Gerromorpha Superfamilia: Gerroidea

Familia: Veliidae
Subfamiliae: Haloveliinae - Microveliinae - Ocelloveliinae - Perittopinae - Rhagoveliinae - Veliinae

Overview of genea

Altavelia –

Name

Veliidae Amyot & Serville, 1843 

References

Primary references

• Amyot, J.B. & Audinet-Serville, J.G. 1843. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Hémiptères. 657 pp. Librairie encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Berchi, G.M. & Kment, P. 2015: Review of the family Veliidae in Romania (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha). Zootaxa 3963(1): 74–88. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3963.1.5. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Polhemus, D.A., Molano, F., Morales, I., Moreira, F.F.F. & Floriano, C.F.B. 2019. Altavelia, a new genus of Neotropical Veliinae (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha: Veliidae), with a key to species and descriptions of four new species from Colombia. Zootaxa 4585(2): 295–314. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4585.2.4 Reference page. 
• Solórzano Kraemer, M.M., Perrichot, V., Soriano, C. & Damgaard, J. 2014. Fossil water striders in Cretaceous French amber (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha: Mesoveliidae and Veliidae). Systematic Entomology 39(3): 590–605. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12077 Reference page. 
• Zettel, H. 2012a. Neue Veliidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) von den Philippinen. Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichischer Entomologen 64: 79-118. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Riffle bugs