| Platyvelia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Veliidae |
| Genus: | Platyvelia J. Polhemus & D. Polhemus, 1993 |
Platyvelia is a genus of smaller water striders in the family Veliidae. There are seven described species in Platyvelia.
Species
These seven species belong to the genus Platyvelia:
- Platyvelia alvaradana (Drake & Hottes, 1952)
- Platyvelia annulipes (Champion, 1898)
- Platyvelia beameri (Hungerford, 1929)
- Platyvelia brachialis (Stål, 1860)
- Platyvelia maritima (J. Polhemus & Manzano, 1992)
- Platyvelia summersi (Drake, 1951)
- Platyvelia verana (Drake & Hottes, 1952)
References
- Rodrigues, Higor D.D.; Floriano, Carla F. B.; Zettel, Herbert; Moreira, Felipe F. F. (2021). "Revision of the American genus Platyvelia Polhemus & Polhemus, 1993 (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha: Veliidae)". Revista Brasileira de Entomologia. 65 (1): 1–19. doi:10.1590/1806-9665-rbent-2020-0120. hdl:11449/210355.
- "Platyvelia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- "Platyvelia". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- "Platyvelia genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
Further reading
- Polhemus, John T.; Polhemus, Dan A. (1993). "Two new genera for New World Veliinae (Heteroptera: Veliidae)". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 101 (3): 391–398. JSTOR 25010019.
- Moreira, F. F. F.; Nessimian, J. L.; Rúdio, J. A.; Salles, F. F. (2010). "New species and new records of Veliidae from Espírito Santo State and adjacent Minas Gerais State, Brazil, with notes on nomenclature (Insecta: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha)". Journal of Natural History. 44 (45–46): 2761–2801. Bibcode:2010JNatH..44.2761M. doi:10.1080/00222933.2010.512423. S2CID 84489928.
- Epler, J. H. (2006). Identification manual for the aquatic and semi-aquatic Heteroptera of Florida (PDF). Florida Department of Environmental Protection.
- Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian, eds. (1995). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 1: Enicocephalomorpha, Dipsocoromorpha, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha and Leptopodomorpha. The Netherlands Entomological Society. ISBN 978-90-71912-12-2.
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