| review of the family veliidae in romania (hemiptera: heteroptera: gerromorpha). | a critical review of the family veliidae (hemiptera: heteroptera: gerromorpha) in romania is provided. in total, two genera and eight species (microvelia westwood, 1834-3 species, velia latreille, 1804-5 species) are known from the country. microvelia buenoi drake, 1920 and velia serbica tamanini, 1951 are recorded for the first time from romania. the occurrence of v. affinis filippii tamanini, 1947 and v. mancinii mancinii tamanini, 1947 is confirmed by additional records. based on proven or su ... | 2015 | 26249393 |
| checklist of water bugs (hemiptera: heteroptera: nepomorpha, gerromorpha) of slovakia. | the water bugs represent a significant component of the freshwater biota, play an important role in trophic webs, and may have considerable economic importance. nevertheless, systematic research of this group has been underdeveloped in slovakia (central europe) for decades. this work presents a list of water bug species of slovakia based on an exhaustive review of the literature (time span: 1808-2013) and on more than 14,000 individuals collected during extensive field campaigns (2010-2014) or o ... | 2015 | 26701521 |