{{short description|Genus of true bugs}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Notonecta maculata MHNT.jpg | image_caption =''Notonecta maculata'' | fossil_range = {{fossilrange|Aptian|Present}} | taxon = Notonecta | authority = Linnaeus, 1758 | display_parents = 2 | subdivision_ranks = Subgenera | subdivision = {{Genus list | Notonecta (Bichromonecta) | Hungerford, 1933 | Notonecta (Enitharonecta) | Hungerford, 1928 | Notonecta (Erythronecta) | Hungerford, 1933 | Notonecta (Notonecta) | Linnaeus, 1758 | Notonecta (Paranecta) | Hutchinson, 1929 }} }} thumb|''Notonecta viridis'' thumb|''Notonecta indica'', Texas
'''''Notonecta''''' (from Ancient Greek νῶτον (''nôton''), meaning "back", and νηκτός (''nēktós''), meaning "swimmer"), known as '''backswimmers''' or '''water-boatmen''', is a genus of aquatic insects in the bug family Notonectidae.<ref name=itis/><ref name=Merritt2008/><ref name=Naturdata/><ref name=bugguide/>
==Species== These 70 species belong to the genus ''Notonecta'':<ref name=itis/> {{Div col|colwidth=29em}} * ''Notonecta amplifica'' <small>Kiritshenko, 1931</small> (Europe, Asia) * ''Notonecta arabiensis'' <small>Hungerford, 1926</small> (Palearctic) * ''Notonecta bicirca'' <small>Hungerford, 1926</small> (South America) * ''Notonecta bicircoidea'' <small>Hungerford, 1928</small> (South America) * ''Notonecta bifasciata'' <small>Guérin-Méneville, 1844</small> (South America) * ''Notonecta borealis'' <small>Hussey, 1919</small> (North America) * ''Notonecta canariensis'' <small>Kirkaldy, 1897</small> (Africa) * ''Notonecta ceres'' <small>Kirkaldy, 1897</small> (Central America) * ''Notonecta chinensis'' <small>Fallou, 1887</small> (Southern Asia) * ''Notonecta colombiana'' <small>Hungerford, 1933</small> (South America) * ''Notonecta compacta'' <small>Hungerford, 1925</small> (Central America) * ''Notonecta confusa'' <small>Hungerford, 1930</small> (South America) * ''Notonecta distinctoidea'' <small>Hungerford, 1930</small> (Central America) * ''Notonecta disturbata'' <small>Hungerford, 1926</small> (South America) * ''Notonecta fazi'' <small>Hungerford, 1930</small> (South America) * ''Notonecta glauca'' <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small> (Africa, Palearctic) * ''Notonecta handlirschi'' <small>Kirkaldy, 1897</small> (Australia) * ''Notonecta hintoni'' <small>Hungerford, 1933</small> (Central America) * ''Notonecta hoffmanni'' <small>Hungerford, 1925</small> (Central and North America) * ''Notonecta huincamoreni'' <small>Bachmann, 1962</small> (South America) * ''Notonecta hungerfordi'' <small>J. Polhemus, 1993</small> (South America) * ''Notonecta impressa'' <small>Fieber, 1851</small> (Central America) * ''Notonecta inca'' <small>Mazzucconi, 2000</small> (South America) * ''Notonecta indica'' <small>Linnaeus, 1771</small> (the Americas, Oceania) * ''Notonecta indicoidea'' <small>Hungerford, 1927</small> (Central America) * ''Notonecta insulata'' <small>Kirby, 1837</small> (North America) * ''Notonecta irrorata'' <small>Uhler, 1879</small> (North America) * ''Notonecta itatiaia'' <small>Barbosa & Nessimian, 2013</small> (South America) * ''Notonecta kiangsis'' <small>Kirkaldy, 1902</small> (Europe, Asia) * ''Notonecta kirbyi'' <small>Hungerford, 1925</small> (North America) * ''Notonecta kirkaldyi'' <small>Martin, 1902</small> (Southern Asia) * ''Notonecta lactitans'' <small>Kirkaldy, 1897</small> (Africa) * ''Notonecta lobata'' <small>Hungerford, 1925</small> (Central and North America) * ''Notonecta lunata'' <small>Hungerford, 1926</small> (North America) * ''Notonecta lutea'' <small>Müller, 1776</small> (Palearctic) * ''Notonecta maculata'' <small>Fabricius, 1794</small> (Africa, Palearctic) * ''Notonecta meinertzhageni'' <small>Poisson, 1933</small> (Africa) * ''Notonecta melaena'' <small>Kirkaldy, 1897</small> (Central America) * ''Notonecta meridionalis'' <small>Poisson, 1926</small> (Africa, Palearctic) * ''Notonecta mexicana'' <small>Amyot & Serville, 1843</small> (the Americas) * ''Notonecta montandoni'' <small>Kirkaldy, 1897</small> (Southern Asia) * ''Notonecta montezuma'' <small>Kirkaldy, 1897</small> (Central and North America) * ''Notonecta nigra'' <small>Fieber, 1852</small> (South America) * ''Notonecta obliqua'' <small>Gallen, 1787</small> (Palearctic) * ''Notonecta ochrothoe'' <small>Kirkaldy, 1897</small> (South America) * ''Notonecta pallidula'' <small>Poisson, 1926</small> (Africa) * ''Notonecta penecompacta'' <small>Hungerford, 1938</small> (Central America) * ''Notonecta penelobata'' <small>Hungerford, 1938</small> (Central America) * ''Notonecta peruviana'' <small>Hungerford, 1933</small> (South America) * ''Notonecta petrunkevitchi'' <small>Hutchinson, 1945</small> (North America) * ''Notonecta polystolisma'' <small>Fieber, 1851</small> (South America) * ''Notonecta pulchra'' <small>Hungerford, 1926</small> (South America) * ''Notonecta raleighi'' <small>Torre-Bueno, 1907</small> (North America) * ''Notonecta repanda'' <small>Hungerford, 1933</small> (Central and North America) * ''Notonecta reuteri'' <small>Hungerford, 1928</small> (Europe and Asia) * ''Notonecta robusta'' <small>Hungerford, 1932</small> (Central America) * ''Notonecta saramao'' <small>Esaki, 1932</small> (Southern Asia) * ''Notonecta sellata'' <small>Fieber, 1851</small> (South America) * ''Notonecta shooteri'' <small>Uhler, 1894</small> (Central America and North America) * ''Notonecta spinosa'' <small>Hungerford, 1930</small> (North America) * ''Notonecta thomasi'' <small>Hungerford, 1937</small> (Central America) * ''Notonecta triguttata'' <small>Motschulsky, 1861</small> (Europe and Asia) * ''Notonecta uhleri'' <small>Kirkaldy, 1897</small> (North America) * ''Notonecta undulata'' <small>Say, 1832</small> (North America) * ''Notonecta unifasciata'' <small>Guérin-Méneville, 1857</small> (the Americas) * ''Notonecta variabilis'' <small>Fieber, 1852</small> (North America, South America) * ''Notonecta vereertbruggheni'' <small>Hungerford, 1928</small> (South America) * ''Notonecta violacea'' <small>Kirkaldy, 1897</small> (Southern Asia) * ''Notonecta virescens'' <small>Blanchard, 1852</small> (South America) * ''Notonecta viridis'' <small>Delcourt, 1909</small> (Africa, Europe, Asia) {{Div col end}}
<gallery> Notonecta viridis (Notonectidae sp.), Arnhem, the Netherlands - 3.jpg|''Notonecta viridis'', Netherlands Notonecta irrorata - inat 455802500.jpg|''Notonecta irrorata'', Texas Notonecta glauca - inat 446547338.jpg|''Notonecta glauca'', Czechia Notonecta maculata - inat 435135741.jpg|''Notonecta maculata'', Germany Notonecta kirbyi - inat 452567424.jpg|''Notonecta kirbyi'', California Notonecta undulata - inat 419679506.jpg|''Notonecta undulata'', Canada Notonecta triguttata - inat 331180369.jpg|''Notonecta triguttata'', Japan Notonecta indica - inat 293890867.jpg|''Notonecta indica'', Texas Notonecta uhleri - inat 92673356.jpg|''Notonecta uhleri'', North Carolina Notonecta obliqua - inat 165420660.jpg|''Notonecta obliqua'', UK Notonecta insulata - inat 393700583.jpg|''Notonecta insulata'', Pennsylvania Notonecta petrunkevitchi - inat 227995951.jpg|''Notonecta petrunkevitchi'', North Carolina Notonecta unifasciata - inat 246400367.jpg|''Notonecta unifasciata'', Texas Notonecta lobata - inat 174774443.jpg|''Notonecta lobata'', México Notonecta reuteri - inat 315726266.jpg|''Notonecta reuteri'', Russia Notonecta raleighi - inat 92673661.jpg|''Notonecta raleighi'', Mississippi Notonecta montezuma - inat 311404228.jpg|''Notonecta montezuma'', Texas Notonecta hoffmani - inat 251751632.jpg|''Notonecta hoffmani'', California Notonecta uhleri - inat 92673356.jpg|''Notonecta uhleri'', North Carolina </gallery>
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=itis> {{Cite web| title=ITIS report, ''Notonecta'' | url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=103558 | access-date=2024-12-08 }}</ref>
<ref name=bugguide> {{Cite web| title=BugGuide.net, ''Notonecta'' genus Information | url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/17932 | access-date=2024-12-08 }}</ref>
<ref name=Merritt2008>{{cite book |title=An Introduction to the Aquatic Insects of North America |edition=4th |editor1-first=R.W. |editor1-last=Merritt |editor2-first=K.W. |editor2-last=Cummins |editor3-first=M.B. |editor3-last=Berg |year=2008 |location=Dubuque, Iowa |isbn=9780757550492 |publisher=Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company}}</ref>
<ref name=Naturdata>{{cite web |title=Directório de Espécies de Portugal |publisher=Naturdata |url=http://naturdata.com/taxa/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Notonectidae/Notonecta |accessdate=January 24, 2014}}</ref> }}
==External links== {{refbegin}} * {{inaturalist taxon|56557}} * {{Commons-inline}} {{refend}}
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Category:Notonecta Category:Nepomorpha genera Category:Notonectidae