Velvet-water-bug

Guides

• Lipogomphus brevis

  velvet water bug

  Lipogomphus brevis is a species of velvet water bug in the family Hebridae. It belongs to the infraorder Dipsocoromorpha, a group of small predatory true bugs often associated with moist or aquatic habitats. The species was described by Champion in 1898 and is known from Central America and North America. Like other members of Hebridae, it is presumed to inhabit the surface film of quiet waters.

  HemipteraHeteropteraDipsocoromorphaHebridaevelvet-water-bugaquatic-insectNorth-AmericaCentral-America

• Merragata brunnea

  Merragata brunnea is a species of velvet water bug in the family Hebridae. It is found in North America. The species was described by Drake in 1917.

  velvet-water-bugaquatic-bugtrue-bug

• Merragata hebroides

  velvet water bug

  Merragata hebroides is a species of velvet water bug in the family Hebridae, a group of small predatory true bugs associated with moist or aquatic habitats. The species has a remarkably broad geographic distribution spanning multiple continents and oceanic regions. It is one of the more widely recorded species within its genus.

  Hebridaevelvet-water-bugHemipteraaquatic-insectbroad-distribution