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Welcome to Superfamily Gerroidea!

Gerroidea - Liber Deserti

Your current chain: State of matter Life > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta > Subclass Pterygota > Order Hemiptera > Suborder Heteroptera > Infraorder Gerromorpha > Superfamily Gerroidea

(From Wikipedia) Gerroidea is a superfamily of semiaquatic bugs in the order Hemiptera.

FACT: Like other hemipterans, gerroideans have had their mouthparts modified into a sharp, piercing beak, or stylet!

Currently discovered: 1/3 Families

Family

  1. Veliidae - Ripple Bugs