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Taxon: Family Notonectidae (Leach, 1815) - backswimmers (bug)

Entity:

Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Arthropoda - (Class) Insecta - (Order) Hemiptera

Subsequent entries

Notonecta (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Notonectoidea (Superfamily) Latreille, 1802

Ref: H.E.L. Maw et al., 2000: vi.

Alternative positions

*Cryptocerata* (Suborder)	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 592.
*Hemiptera* (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
*Heteroptera* (Suborder) Latreille, 1810	Ref: N.C.E. Miller, 1971
*Hydrocorisae* (Suborder) Latreille, 1802

Historical positions

*Notonectoidea* (Superfamily) Latreille, 1802	Ref: H.E.L. Maw et al., 2000: vi, 95.
*Notonectoidea* (Superfamily) Latreille, 1802	Ref: J.A. Slater, 1982: 423.
*Cryptocerata* (Suborder)	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 592.
*Hydrocorisa* (Suborder)	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975

Number of Subtaxa

2026	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	4g;3s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	9g>200s
1982	J.A. Slater: 423	9g>200s

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Last updated: 28 Aug 2026