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Rhagovelia
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Rhagovelia

Rhagovelia is a genus of smaller water striders in the family Veliidae. There are at least 390 described species in Rhagovelia.

It was reported in 2025 that the biophysical properties of members of this genus had been used to design feet for water strider-like robots.

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9 branches of this group, most-observed first

Rhagovelia obesa

speciesRhagovelia obesa

Rhagovelia distincta

speciesRhagovelia distincta

Rhagovelia choreutes

speciesRhagovelia choreutes

Broad-shouldered Water Strider

speciesRhagovelia oriander

Rhagovelia varipes

speciesRhagovelia varipes

Rhagovelia becki

speciesRhagovelia becki

Rhagovelia knighti

speciesRhagovelia knighti

Rhagovelia torreyana

speciesRhagovelia torreyana

Rhagovelia rivale

speciesRhagovelia rivale

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1288754.