Classification > Superfamily
Gerroidea
> Family
Gerridae
> Subfamily
Trepobatinae
> Tribe
Trepobatini
> Genus
Trepobates
Trepobates taylori (Kirkaldy 1899)
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Geographic distribution
Distribution
No economic damages registered
- Argentina
- Jujuy
- Salta
- Tucumán
Other distribution
Also known from Antilles, Colombia, Grenada, Peru, Surinam, USA, and Venezuela (Bachmann 1966, Morrone et al. 2004).
- Kallistometra taylori Kirkaldy 1899
- Trepobates comitialis Drake & Harris 1928
Inhabiting small rivers in mountainous areas (Mazzucconi & Bachmann 1995); mostly of slow to medium current, without vegetation (Bachmann 1963). The species is fairly common and apparently not gregarious; both the apterous and the macropterous morphs are found, the latter usually with broken wings (Mazzucconi & Bachmann 1995).
- BACHMANN, A.O. 1963. El género Trepobates en la Argentina (Hemiptera, Gerridae). Physis 34(67): 158.
- BACHMANN, A.O. 1966. Catalogo sistemático y clave para la determinación de las subfamilias, géneros y especies de las Gerridae de la República Argentina (Insecta, Hemiptera). Physis, 26 (71): 207-218.
- MAZZUCCONI, S.A. & BACHMANN, A.O. 1995. Geographic distribution of the Gerridae in Argentina (Insecta, Heteroptera). Insecta Mundi 9(3-4): 363- 370.
- MORRONE, J.J., MAZZUCCONI, S.A. & BACHMANN, A.O. 2004. Distributional patterns of Chacoan water bugs (Heteroptera: Belostomatidae, Corixidae, Micronectidae and Gerridae). Hydrobiologia 523: 159- 173.
- TORRES, P.L.M., MAZZUCCONI, S.L., MICHAT, M.C. & BACHMANN, A.O. 2008. Los coleópteros y heteropteros acuáticos del Parque Nacional Calilegua (provincia de Jujuy, Argentina). Revista de la Sociedad Entomologica Argentina, 67(1-2): 127-144.
