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Aphelocheirus aestivalis

Aphelocheirus aestivalis

Classification

Class
Insecta

Aphelocheirus aestivalis is a Palearctic species of true bug. It is aquatic and wingless, covered in microscopic hairs allowing it to form a physical gill when underwater. Taxonomy This species was first described in 1794 by Danish zoologist Johan Christian Fabricius, who studied specimens of it and believed it belongs in a genus known as Naucoris, giving it the scientific name Naucoris aestivalis.

Distribution

(c) Michael Raupac, Lars Hendrich, Stefan M. Küchler, Fabian Deister, Jerome Moriniere, Martin M. Gossner, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
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Netherlands · 217United Kingdom · 79Germany · 26France · 17Luxembourg · 2