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'''WATER BOATMEN''' in the insect family, ''Corixidae'', are found on several of the California Islands.  It is the largest family of aquatic Hemiptera. There are about 500 species worldwide and about 25 species known in California.  
'''WATER BOATMEN''' in the insect family, ''Corixidae'', are found on several of the California Islands.  It is the largest family of aquatic Hemiptera. There are about 500 species worldwide and about 25 species known in California.  


At least three species have been collected on the California islands, according to data in David R. Lauck's chapter on Water Boatmen in Arnold Menke's book,
At least three species have been collected on the California islands, according to data in David R. Lauck's chapter on Water Boatmen in Arnold Menke's book.


Water Boatmen persist in the historic cattle trough at Rancho del Norte on Santa Cruz Island.
Water Boatmen persist in the historic cattle trough at Rancho del Norte on Santa Cruz Island.

Latest revision as of 02:10, 10 May 2020

Water Boatman Graptocorixa sp.

WATER BOATMEN in the insect family, Corixidae, are found on several of the California Islands. It is the largest family of aquatic Hemiptera. There are about 500 species worldwide and about 25 species known in California.

At least three species have been collected on the California islands, according to data in David R. Lauck's chapter on Water Boatmen in Arnold Menke's book.

Water Boatmen persist in the historic cattle trough at Rancho del Norte on Santa Cruz Island.


* 1979. Menke, Arnold et al. The Semi-aquatic and Aquatic Hemiptera of Californiain Bulletin of the California Insect Survey Volume 21, UC Press, 1979





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