The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Heteroptera

 

GERRIDAE

Gerris marginatus Say




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Distribution Citations

1906 Barber

[1934 Drake & Harris]
1939 Millspaugh

1978 Beaty

[1988 Smith]

 

1996 Jasper
1996 Wolf
1998 Moorhead Hall Willig
199 Wolf et al.

 

[ ] indicate state record, no specific county or locality indicated

notes:

-in slowly moving streams in woods and in ponds and lakes (Millspaugh 1939)

-adults occur throughout the year with mating especially in March (Millspaugh 1939)

-predators and scavengers (Millspaugh 1939)

-not drought resistant (Moorhead, Hall & Willig 1998)

copyright:   Stephen W. Ziser    
                          2010


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