Name - Aphelocheiridae

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:112027 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Atopositidae Jordan 1967

Reported Taxonomic Ranks

Family

Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies

Recent Publications

• New evidences on the presence of Aphelocheirus aestivalis in the Iberian Peninsula, its ecology and description of two northeastern Iberian populations.
• Insect evolution toward aquatic habitats; reassessment of antennal sensilla in the water bug families Ochteridae, Gelastocoridae and Aphelocheiridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Nepomorpha).
• Aphelocheirus aschalewi nov. sp., first record of Aphelocheiridae (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) from Ethiopia.
• Correlations between niche selection and lengthwise modification of legs of freshwater aquatic Hemipteran insects- an evolutionary consequence.
• The oldest aquatic aphelocheirid bug (Heteroptera, Nepomorpha) from the lower Eocene of India.

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