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Notonecta

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Noun1.Notonecta - type genus of the Notonectidae: backswimmersNotonecta - type genus of the Notonectidae: backswimmers
arthropod genus - a genus of arthropods
family Notonectidae, Notonectidae - aquatic carnivorous insects
backswimmer, Notonecta undulata - predaceous aquatic insect that swims on its back and may inflict painful bites


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: C4, C6 Trepobates pictus (Herrich-Schaeffer): B1, B3, C1 Trepobates subnitidus Esaki: B2, C2, C3 Family Mesoveliidae Mesovelia mulsanti White: A12, C4 Family Nepidae Ranatrafusca Palisot: A2, A8, A13 Family Notonectidae Notonecta irrorata Uhler: A11, B3, B4, C10 Family Pleidae Neoplea striola (Fieber): A2, B2, C5 Family Veliidae Microvelia spp.
Parsons (1972) demonstrated the presence of nodes and bifurcating longitudinal ridges in the cibarial food pump of Notonecta (Heteroptera) which act as triturating devices grinding and filtering particulate matter in the food.
 
 
 
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