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29 Records
Status
Widespread in the eastern U.S.
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Mating Rhagovelia obesa in Carroll Co., Maryland (9/10/2023). (c) Jim Moore (Maryland), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Rhagovelia obesa in Garrett Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Jim Moore (Maryland), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Rhagovelia obesa nymphs in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/26/2021). (c) Jim Moore (Maryland), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Rhagovelia obesa in Garrett Co., Maryland (8/20/2021). (c) Lucas Schrader, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Rhagovelia obesa adults in Baltimore Co., Maryland (7/12/2023). (c) Joe MDO, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Rhagovelia obesa nymphs in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/26/2021). (c) Jim Moore (Maryland), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Source: Wikipedia
Rhagovelia obesa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Heteroptera |
Family: | Veliidae |
Genus: | Rhagovelia |
Species: | R. obesa
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Binomial name | |
Rhagovelia obesa Uhler, 1871
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Rhagovelia obesa is a species of smaller water striders in the family Veliidae.[1][2] It is found in North America.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Rhagovelia obesa Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-01-27.
- ^ a b "Rhagovelia obesa Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-01-27.
- Polhemus, Dan A. (1997). "Systematics of the Genus Rhagovelia Mayr (Heteroptera: Veliidae) in the Western Hemisphere (Exclusive of the angustipes Complex)". Thomas Say Publications in Entomology: Monographs, ii + 386.
- Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner. (1988). Catalog of the Heteroptera, True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States. Brill Academic Publishers.
Further reading
[edit]- Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
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