Ranatra linearis

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Ranatra linearis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Nepidae
Subfamily: Ranatrinae
Genus: Ranatra
Species:
R. linearis
Binomial name
Ranatra linearis

Ranatra linearis is a species of aquatic bug in the Nepidae family. [1] It is native to Eurasia and North Africa, and primarily found near aquatic plants in ponds, marshes and other freshwater habitats, but has exceptionally been recorded from hypersaline lakes and brackish lagoons. [2]

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Description

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Female laying eggs
Ranatra linearis, detail of the head. Ranatra linearis jehlanka detail.jpg
Ranatra linearis, detail of the head.

The body of these brown insects is typically 3–3.5 cm (1.2–1.4 in) long. [3] Their breathing tube tail is usually about as long as the body of the insect. They are swimming insects, and the adults can fly. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Southwood, T. R. E. and D. Leston, (1959) Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles Frederick Warne & co.
  2. ↑ Ye.V. Anufriyeva; N.V. Shadrin (2016). "First Record of Ranatra linearis (Hemiptera, Nepidae) in Hypersaline Water Bodies of the Crimea". Hydrobiological Journal. 52 (2): 56–61.
  3. ↑ L. Watson; M.J. Dallwitz. "Nepidae". Insects of Britain and Ireland: the families of Hemiptera. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  4. ↑ bumblebee.org
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