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Hemispherical Backswimmers
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Hemispherical Backswimmers

Helotrephidae

Helotrephidae is a family of aquatic bugs found mainly in the tropical regions with many species in the Oriental Realm and a few from Africa, Madagascar and South America. These bugs are found swimming or walking between submerged vegetation mainly in stagnant or slow moving shaded freshwater in forest habitats. They are a sister group of the Pleidae.

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4 branches of this family, most-observed first

Neotrephes

genusNeotrephes

Esakiella

genusEsakiella

Heterotrephes

genusHeterotrephes

Mixotrephes

genusMixotrephes

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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 936871.