Northants Water Bugs

Checklist

The Water Bugs Checklist is taken from Het News Spring 2006. Provided by the then National Recorder Sheila Brooke. Also checked against the British Bugs website in 2021. For those recorded in Northants there is a link to the species page.

Water Bugs Checklist
Species SynonymNepidaeNepa cinerea Linnaeus, 1758Ranatra linearis (Linnaeus, 1758 - Nepa)
CorixidaeMicronecta scholtzi (Fieber, 1860 - Sigara) = meridionalis (Costa, 1862 - Sigara)Micronecta griseola Horváth, 1899 Micronecta minutissima (Linnaeus, 1758 - Notonecta) Micronecta poweri (Douglas & Scott, 1869 - Sigara) (=minutissima non Linnaeus, 1758)
Cymatia bonsdorffii (C.R.Sahlberg, 1819 - Corixa) Cymatia coleoptrata (Fabricius, 1777 - Sigara) = coleoptrata insularis Walton, 1942 Cymatia rogenhoferi (Fieber, 1864) Glaenocorisa propinqua propinqua (Fieber, 1860 - Corisa) = alpestris Douglas & Scott, 1870Glaenocorisa propinqua cavifrons (Thomson, 1869 - Corisa)
Arctocorisa carinata (C.R. Sahlberg, 1819 - Corixa) Arctocorisa germari (Fieber, 1848 - Corisa)
Callicorixa praeusta (Fieber, 1848 - Corisa) = boldi Douglas & Scott, 1870 = sodalis Douglas & Scott, 1870Callicorixa wollastoni (Douglas & Scott, 1865 - Corixa) = cognata Douglas & Scott, 1870 = caledonica Kirkaldy, 1897
Corixa affinis Leach, 1817 Corixa dentipes (Thomson, 1869 - Corisa) Corixa iberica Jansson, 1981 Corixa panzeri (Fieber, 1848 - Corisa) Corixa punctata (Illiger, 1807 - Sigara) = geoffroyi Leach, 1817
Hesperocorixa castanea (Thomson, 1869 - Corisa) Hesperocorixa linnaei (Fieber, 1848 - Corisa)Hesperocorixa moesta (Fieber, 1848 - Corisa) Hesperocorixa sahlbergi (Fieber, 1848 - Corisa)
Paracorixa concinna (Fieber, 1848 - Corisa) Sigara selecta (Fieber, 1848 - Corisa) = stali Douglas & Scott, 1865Sigara stagnalis (Leach, 1817 - Corixa) = lugubris (Fieber, 1848 - Corisa) Sigara nigrolineata (Fieber, 1848 - Corisa) = fabricii (Fieber, 1851 - Corisa) = saundersi Kirkaldy, 1899Sigara limitata (Fieber, 1848 - Corisa) Sigara semistriata (Fieber, 1848 - Corisa) Sigara venusta (Douglas & Scott, 1869 - Corixa) Sigara dorsalis (Leach, 1817 - Corixa) (=striata non Linnaeus, 1758) = lacustris Macan, 1954Sigara striata (Linnaeus, 1758 - Notonecta) Sigara distincta (Fieber, 1848 - Corisa) = douglasi Fieber in Douglas & Scott, 1865 Sigara falleni (Fieber, 1848 - Corisa) Sigara fallenoidea (Hungerford, 1926 - Arctocorisa) = pearcei Walton, 1936Sigara fossarum (Leach, 1817 - Corixa) Sigara iactans Jansson, 1983 Sigara longipalis (J. Sahlberg, 1878)Sigara scotti (Douglas & Scott, 1868 - Corixa) = prominula Thomson, 1869Sigara lateralis (Leach, 1817 - Corixa) = hieroglyphica (Dufour, 1833 - Corisa)
Naucoridae Ilyocoris cimicoides (Linnaeus, 1758 - Nepa) Naucoris maculatus Fabricius, 1798
Aphelocheiridae Aphelocheirus aestivalis (Fabricius, 1794 - Naucoris) = montandoni Horváth, 1899
Notonectidae Notonecta glauca Linnaeus, 1758 Notonecta maculata Fabricius, 1794 Notonecta obliqua Thunberg, 1787 = furcata Fabricius, 1794Notonecta viridis Delcourt, 1909 = halophila Edwards, 1918 = marmorea viridis Delcourt: Esaki, 1928
Pleidae Plea minutissima Leach, 1817 = leachi McGregor & Kirkaldy, 1899 (= atomaria non Pallas, 1771)
Mesoveliidae Mesovelia furcata Mulsant & Rey, 1852
Hebridae Hebrus pusillus (Fallén, 1807 - Lygaeus) Hebrus ruficeps Thomson, 1871
Hydrometridae Hydrometra gracilenta Horváth, 1899 Hydrometra stagnorum (Linnaeus, 1758 - Cimex)
VeliidaeMicrovelia buenoi Drake, 1920 = umbricola Wroblewski, 1938Microvelia pygmaea (Dufour, 1833 - Velia) Microvelia reticulata (Burmeister, 1835 - Hydroessa) (= pygmaea non Dufour, 1833)
Velia caprai Tamanini, 1947 (= currens non Fabricius, 1794) Velia saulii Tamanini, 1947 (= currens non Fabricius, 1794)
Gerridae Aquarius najas (De Geer, 1773 - Cimex) Aquarius paludum (Fabricius, 1794 - Gerris)Gerris argentatus Schummel, 1832 Gerris costae (Herrich-Schäffer, 1850)Gerris gibbifer Schummel, 1832 Gerris lacustris (Linnaeus, 1758 - Cimex) Gerris odontogaster (Zetterstedt, 1828 - Hydrometra)Gerris thoracicus Schummel, 1832Gerris lateralis Schummel, 1832 (=lateralis asper non Fieber, 1860)Limnoporus rufoscutellatus (Latreille, 1807 - Gerris)