ABSTRACT

A primary aim of this catalog is to offer an accounting for each species as originally proposed and for the first usage only of all its name combinations (including valid names, synonymies, and misspellings) that have been published for our area. We follow the policy outlined by the 1985 Code of Zoological Nomenclature for nonmenclatorial proposes that a dissertation for an advanced educational degree is not published unless it satisfies the criteria present in Articles 8 and 9.

chapter |3 pages

Family Acanthosomatidae Signoret, 1863

The Acanthosomatids

chapter |8 pages

Family Alydidae Amyot and Serville, 1843

The Broad-Headed Bugs

chapter |17 pages

Family Anthocoridae Fieber, 1837

The Minute Pirate Bugs

chapter |9 pages

Family Belostomatidae Leach, 1815

The Giant Water Bugs or Electric Light Bugs

chapter |3 pages

Family Ceratocombidae Fieber, 1861

The Ceratocombids

chapter |5 pages

Family Cimicidae Latreille, 1802

The Bed Bugs

chapter |24 pages

Family Coreidae Leach, 1815

The Coreid Bugs

chapter |26 pages

Family Corixidae Leach, 1815

The Water Boatmen

chapter |11 pages

Family Cydnidae Billberg, 1820

Burrowing Bugs

chapter |4 pages

Family Gelastocoridae Kirkaldy, 1897

The Toad Bugs

chapter |12 pages

Family Gerridae Leach, 1815

The Water Striders

chapter |4 pages

Family Hebridae Amyot and Serville, 1843

The Velvet Water Bugs

chapter |3 pages

Family Hydrometridae Billberg, 1820

The Marsh Treaders

chapter |7 pages

Family Largidae Amyot and Serville, 1843

The Largid Bugs

chapter |1 pages

Family Leptopodidae Amyot and Serville, 1843

The Leptopodid Bugs

chapter |1 pages

Family Macroveliidae McKinstry, 1942

Macroveliid Water Bugs

chapter |2 pages

Family Mesoveliidae Douglas and Scott, 1867

The Water Treaders

chapter |2 pages

Family Microphysidae Dohrn, 1859

The Microphysids

chapter |13 pages

Family Nabidae Costa, 1853

The Damsel Bugs

chapter |7 pages

Family Naucoridae Leach, 1815

The Creeping Water Bugs

chapter |5 pages

Family Nepidae Latreille, 1802

The Water Scorpions

chapter |8 pages

Family Notonectidae Latreille, 1802

The Backswimmers

chapter |3 pages

Family Ochteridae Kirkaldy, 1906

The Velvety Shore Bugs

chapter |54 pages

Family Pentatomidae Leach, 1815

The Stink Bugs

chapter |7 pages

Family Phymatidae Laporte, 1832

The Ambush Bugs

chapter |3 pages

Family Pleidae Fieber, 1851

The Pygmy Backswimmers

chapter |2 pages

Family Polyctenidae Westwood, 1874

The Bat Bugs

chapter |3 pages

Family Pyrrhocoridae Fieber, 1860

The Cotton Stainers

chapter |36 pages

Family Reduviidae Latreille, 1807

The Assassin Bugs

chapter |17 pages

Family Saldidae Amyot and Serville, 1843

The Shore Bugs

chapter |2 pages

Family Schizopteridae Reuter, 1891

The Schizopterids

chapter |10 pages

Family Scutelleridae Leach, 1815

The Shield Bugs

chapter |2 pages

Family Tessaratomidae Stâl, 1864

The Tessaratomids

chapter |2 pages

Family Thaumastocoridae Kirkaldy, 1907

The Thaumastocorid Bugs or Royal Palm Bugs

chapter |10 pages

Family Thyreocoridae Amyot and Serville, 1843

The Negro Bugs

chapter |9 pages

Family Veliidae Amyot and Serville, 1843

The Small Water Striders