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Taxon: Family Nepidae (Latreille, 1802) - water scorpions (bug)

Entity:

Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent entries

Nepa (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Nepoidea (Superfamily) Montandon, 1895

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

*Nepoidea* (Superfamily) Montandon, 1895	Ref: H.E.L. Maw et al., 2000: vi, 91.
*Nepoidea* (Superfamily) Montandon, 1895	Ref: J.A. Slater, 1982: 420, 429.
*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	3g;4s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	12g200s
1982	J.A. Slater: 420	12g200s

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