# Notonecta

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{{short description|Genus of true bugs}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Notonecta maculata MHNT.jpg
| image_caption =''[Notonecta maculata](/source/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](/source/Ancient_Greek) νῶτον (''nôton''), meaning "back", and νηκτός (''nēktós''), meaning "swimmer"), known as '''backswimmers''' or '''water-boatmen''', is a [genus](/source/genus) of [aquatic insect](/source/aquatic_insect)s in the [bug](/source/Heteroptera) [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Notonectidae](/source/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/>
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* ''[Notonecta amplifica](/source/Notonecta_amplifica)'' <small>Kiritshenko, 1931</small>  (Europe, Asia)
* ''[Notonecta arabiensis](/source/Notonecta_arabiensis)'' <small>Hungerford, 1926</small>  ([Palearctic](/source/Palearctic_realm))
* ''[Notonecta bicirca](/source/Notonecta_bicirca)'' <small>Hungerford, 1926</small>  (South America)
* ''[Notonecta bicircoidea](/source/Notonecta_bicircoidea)'' <small>Hungerford, 1928</small>  (South America)
* ''[Notonecta bifasciata](/source/Notonecta_bifasciata)'' <small>Guérin-Méneville, 1844</small>  (South America)
* ''[Notonecta borealis](/source/Notonecta_borealis)'' <small>Hussey, 1919</small>  (North America)
* ''[Notonecta canariensis](/source/Notonecta_canariensis)'' <small>Kirkaldy, 1897</small>  (Africa)
* ''[Notonecta ceres](/source/Notonecta_ceres)'' <small>Kirkaldy, 1897</small>  (Central America)
* ''[Notonecta chinensis](/source/Notonecta_chinensis)'' <small>Fallou, 1887</small>  (Southern Asia)
* ''[Notonecta colombiana](/source/Notonecta_colombiana)'' <small>Hungerford, 1933</small>  (South America)
* ''[Notonecta compacta](/source/Notonecta_compacta)'' <small>Hungerford, 1925</small>  (Central America)
* ''[Notonecta confusa](/source/Notonecta_confusa)'' <small>Hungerford, 1930</small>  (South America)
* ''[Notonecta distinctoidea](/source/Notonecta_distinctoidea)'' <small>Hungerford, 1930</small>  (Central America)
* ''[Notonecta disturbata](/source/Notonecta_disturbata)'' <small>Hungerford, 1926</small>  (South America)
* ''[Notonecta fazi](/source/Notonecta_fazi)'' <small>Hungerford, 1930</small>  (South America)
* ''[Notonecta glauca](/source/Notonecta_glauca)'' <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small>  (Africa, Palearctic)
* ''[Notonecta handlirschi](/source/Notonecta_handlirschi)'' <small>Kirkaldy, 1897</small>  (Australia)
* ''[Notonecta hintoni](/source/Notonecta_hintoni)'' <small>Hungerford, 1933</small>  (Central America)
* ''[Notonecta hoffmanni](/source/Notonecta_hoffmanni)'' <small>Hungerford, 1925</small>  (Central and North America)
* ''[Notonecta huincamoreni](/source/Notonecta_huincamoreni)'' <small>Bachmann, 1962</small>  (South America)
* ''[Notonecta hungerfordi](/source/Notonecta_hungerfordi)'' <small>J. Polhemus, 1993</small>  (South America)
* ''[Notonecta impressa](/source/Notonecta_impressa)'' <small>Fieber, 1851</small>  (Central America)
* ''[Notonecta inca](/source/Notonecta_inca)'' <small>Mazzucconi, 2000</small>  (South America)
* ''[Notonecta indica](/source/Notonecta_indica)'' <small>Linnaeus, 1771</small>  (the Americas, [Oceania](/source/Oceania))
* ''[Notonecta indicoidea](/source/Notonecta_indicoidea)'' <small>Hungerford, 1927</small>  (Central America)
* ''[Notonecta insulata](/source/Notonecta_insulata)'' <small>Kirby, 1837</small>  (North America)
* ''[Notonecta irrorata](/source/Notonecta_irrorata)'' <small>Uhler, 1879</small>  (North America)
* ''[Notonecta itatiaia](/source/Notonecta_itatiaia)'' <small>Barbosa & Nessimian, 2013</small>  (South America)
* ''[Notonecta kiangsis](/source/Notonecta_kiangsis)'' <small>Kirkaldy, 1902</small>  (Europe, Asia)
* ''[Notonecta kirbyi](/source/Notonecta_kirbyi)'' <small>Hungerford, 1925</small>  (North America)
* ''[Notonecta kirkaldyi](/source/Notonecta_kirkaldyi)'' <small>Martin, 1902</small>  (Southern Asia)
* ''[Notonecta lactitans](/source/Notonecta_lactitans)'' <small>Kirkaldy, 1897</small>  (Africa)
* ''[Notonecta lobata](/source/Notonecta_lobata)'' <small>Hungerford, 1925</small>  (Central and North America)
* ''[Notonecta lunata](/source/Notonecta_lunata)'' <small>Hungerford, 1926</small>  (North America)
* ''[Notonecta lutea](/source/Notonecta_lutea)'' <small>Müller, 1776</small>  (Palearctic)
* ''[Notonecta maculata](/source/Notonecta_maculata)'' <small>Fabricius, 1794</small>  (Africa, Palearctic)
* ''[Notonecta meinertzhageni](/source/Notonecta_meinertzhageni)'' <small>Poisson, 1933</small>  (Africa)
* ''[Notonecta melaena](/source/Notonecta_melaena)'' <small>Kirkaldy, 1897</small>  (Central America)
* ''[Notonecta meridionalis](/source/Notonecta_meridionalis)'' <small>Poisson, 1926</small>  (Africa, Palearctic)
* ''[Notonecta mexicana](/source/Notonecta_mexicana)'' <small>Amyot & Serville, 1843</small>  (the Americas)
* ''[Notonecta montandoni](/source/Notonecta_montandoni)'' <small>Kirkaldy, 1897</small>  (Southern Asia)
* ''[Notonecta montezuma](/source/Notonecta_montezuma)'' <small>Kirkaldy, 1897</small>  (Central and North America)
* ''[Notonecta nigra](/source/Notonecta_nigra)'' <small>Fieber, 1852</small>  (South America)
* ''[Notonecta obliqua](/source/Notonecta_obliqua)'' <small>Gallen, 1787</small>  (Palearctic)
* ''[Notonecta ochrothoe](/source/Notonecta_ochrothoe)'' <small>Kirkaldy, 1897</small>  (South America)
* ''[Notonecta pallidula](/source/Notonecta_pallidula)'' <small>Poisson, 1926</small>  (Africa)
* ''[Notonecta penecompacta](/source/Notonecta_penecompacta)'' <small>Hungerford, 1938</small>  (Central America)
* ''[Notonecta penelobata](/source/Notonecta_penelobata)'' <small>Hungerford, 1938</small>  (Central America)
* ''[Notonecta peruviana](/source/Notonecta_peruviana)'' <small>Hungerford, 1933</small>  (South America)
* ''[Notonecta petrunkevitchi](/source/Notonecta_petrunkevitchi)'' <small>Hutchinson, 1945</small>  (North America)
* ''[Notonecta polystolisma](/source/Notonecta_polystolisma)'' <small>Fieber, 1851</small>  (South America)
* ''[Notonecta pulchra](/source/Notonecta_pulchra)'' <small>Hungerford, 1926</small>  (South America)
* ''[Notonecta raleighi](/source/Notonecta_raleighi)'' <small>Torre-Bueno, 1907</small>  (North America)
* ''[Notonecta repanda](/source/Notonecta_repanda)'' <small>Hungerford, 1933</small>  (Central and North America)
* ''[Notonecta reuteri](/source/Notonecta_reuteri)'' <small>Hungerford, 1928</small>  (Europe and Asia)
* ''[Notonecta robusta](/source/Notonecta_robusta)'' <small>Hungerford, 1932</small>  (Central America)
* ''[Notonecta saramao](/source/Notonecta_saramao)'' <small>Esaki, 1932</small>  (Southern Asia)
* ''[Notonecta sellata](/source/Notonecta_sellata)'' <small>Fieber, 1851</small>  (South America)
* ''[Notonecta shooteri](/source/Notonecta_shooteri)'' <small>Uhler, 1894</small>  (Central America and North America)
* ''[Notonecta spinosa](/source/Notonecta_spinosa)'' <small>Hungerford, 1930</small>  (North America)
* ''[Notonecta thomasi](/source/Notonecta_thomasi)'' <small>Hungerford, 1937</small>  (Central America)
* ''[Notonecta triguttata](/source/Notonecta_triguttata)'' <small>Motschulsky, 1861</small>  (Europe and Asia)
* ''[Notonecta uhleri](/source/Notonecta_uhleri)'' <small>Kirkaldy, 1897</small>  (North America)
* ''[Notonecta undulata](/source/Notonecta_undulata)'' <small>Say, 1832</small>  (North America)
* ''[Notonecta unifasciata](/source/Notonecta_unifasciata)'' <small>Guérin-Méneville, 1857</small>  (the Americas)
* ''[Notonecta variabilis](/source/Notonecta_variabilis)'' <small>Fieber, 1852</small>  (North America, South America)
* ''[Notonecta vereertbruggheni](/source/Notonecta_vereertbruggheni)'' <small>Hungerford, 1928</small>  (South America)
* ''[Notonecta violacea](/source/Notonecta_violacea)'' <small>Kirkaldy, 1897</small>  (Southern Asia)
* ''[Notonecta virescens](/source/Notonecta_virescens)'' <small>Blanchard, 1852</small>  (South America)
* ''[Notonecta viridis](/source/Notonecta_viridis)'' <small>Delcourt, 1909</small>  (Africa, Europe, Asia)
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<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==
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* {{inaturalist taxon|56557}}
* {{Commons-inline}}
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Category:Notonecta
Category:Nepomorpha genera
Category:Notonectidae

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