Aphelocheirus aestivalis

Aphelocheirus aestivalis is a Palearctic species of true bug.[1][2][3] It is aquatic and wingless, covered in microscopic hairs that form a physical gill when underwater.[4]

Aphelocheirus aestivalis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Aphelocheiridae
Genus: Aphelocheirus
Species:
A. aestivalis
Binomial name
Aphelocheirus aestivalis
(Fabricius, 1794)

References

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  1. ^ K. H. C. Jordan: Wasserwanzen. Die Neue Brehm-Bücherei, Leipzig, 1950. .
  2. ^ Mamaev B.M. , Medvedev L.N. , Pravdin F.N. Keys to insects of the European part of the USSR. - M .: Education, 1976 .-- P. 87 .-- 304 p.
  3. ^ Aukema, Berend, and Christian Rieger, eds. (1995), Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, vol. 1: Enicocephalomorpha, Dipsocoromorpha, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha and Leptopodomorpha
  4. ^ "Aphelocheirus aestivalis". Aquatic Heteroptera Recording Scheme for Britain & Ireland. Wordpress. 6 March 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
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