Veliidae

Taxobox
name = Riffle bugs

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image_caption = "Velia caprai"
image_width = 250px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Hemiptera
subordo = Heteroptera
infraordo = Gerromorpha
familia = Gerrioidea
familia = Veliidae
familia_authority = Amyot & Serville, 1843
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision =
*"Microvelia"

*"Velia"

*"Rhagovelia"

Veliidae is a family of predatory insects in the suborder Heteroptera. They are commonly known as riffle bugs,smaller water striders or broad-shouldered water striders due to the fact that the segment immediately behind the head is wider than the rest of the abdomen, unlike in the typical water striders (Gerridae), close relatives which are also in superfamily Gerrioidea. Unlike some Gerridae, riffle bugs are small, typically about 4.5 mm.

References

*http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/Main/Index/Journals/..%5C..%5C..%5CMain%5CDetails%5C18498.htm
*http://www.umd.umich.edu/dept/na/aquatic_insecta/hemiptera/veliidae_family.htm
*http://www.entomology.wisc.edu/irc/hemipter/heteropt/veliidae.html
*http://cedarcreek.umn.edu/insects/020028n.html
*http://www.canadianbiodiversity.mcgill.ca/francais/species/insects/hemipterahymenoptera.htm
*http://www.canadianbiodiversity.mcgill.ca/english/species/insects/insectpages/Veliidae.htm
*http://www.alientravelguide.com/science/biology/life/animals/arthropo/insecta/heteropt/

External links

* [http://www.koleopterologie.de/heteroptera/1d-lep/veliidae-velia-currens-foto-gogala.jpgImage]