| Cercotmetus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Superfamily: | Nepoidea |
| Family: | Nepidae |
| Subfamily: | Ranatrinae |
| Genus: | Cercotmetus Amyot & Serville, 1843 |
Cercotmetus [1] [2] is a genus of water bugs in the subfamily Ranatrinae ("water stick-insects"). The recorded distribution of this genus is from is from mainland Asia to New Guinea and northern Australia.
Cercotmetus species are similar to the related genus Ranatra , but have distinctly shorter respiratory siphons (posterior breathing tubes, which are ¼ or less of the body length) and the front femur is shorter than length of the pronotum. [3]
The Global Biodiversity Information Facility lists: [4]
Coreidae is a large family of predominantly sap-sucking insects in the Hemipteran suborder Heteroptera. The name "Coreidae" derives from the genus Coreus, which derives from the Ancient Greek κόρις (kóris) meaning bedbug.
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Charles Jean-Baptiste Amyot was a French lawyer and entomologist especially interested in the Hemiptera.
Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville was a French entomologist, born on 11 November 1775 in Paris. He died on 27 March 1858 in La Ferté-sous-Jouarre.
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Data related to Cercotmetus at Wikispecies