Martarega

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Paraneoptera
Superordo: Condylognatha
Ordo: Hemiptera
Subordo: Heteroptera
Infraordo: Nepomorpha
Superfamilia: Notonectoidea

Familia: Notonectidae
Subfamilia: Notonectinae
Genus: Martarega
Species (22): M. awa – M. barcelos – M. bentoi – M. brasiliensis – M. chinai – M. gonostyla – M. guajira – M. guarani – M. hondurensis – M. hungerfordi – M. lofoides – M. mcateei – M. membranacea – M. mexicana – M. nessimiani – M. nieseri – M. oriximinaensis – M. pacifica – M. pydanieli – M. siolii – M. uruguayensis – M. williamsi
Name

Martarega White, 1879

References

Barbosa, J.F., Nessimian, J.L. & Takiya, D.M. 2015: Description of two new species of Martarega White, 1879 (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha: Notonectidae), one based on the mixed type-series of M. oriximinaensis Barbosa, Ribeiro & Ferreira-Keppler, 2010. Zootaxa 3947(3): 417–424. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3947.3.8. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
Barbosa, J.F.; Ribeiro, J.R.I.; Ferreira-Keppler, R.L. 2010: A new species of Martarega White, 1879 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Notonectidae) from the State of Pará, Brazil, and new records for three species in Brazil. Zootaxa, 2351: 58–64. Preview
Barbosa, J.F.; Ribeiro, J.R.I.; Nessimian, J.L. 2012: A synopsis of Martarega White, 1879 (Insecta: Heteroptera: Notonectidae) occurring in the Brazilian Amazonia, with descriptions of three new species. Journal of natural history, 46(17-18): 1025–1057. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2011.651645
Barbosa, J.F.; Rodrigues, H.D.D. 2013: A new species of Martarega White, 1879, with new distributional records of Notonectidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Nepomorpha) from Brazil. Zootaxa 3682(4): 534–540. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3682.4.4 Reference page.
Mazzucconi, S.A. 2011: A new species of Martarega White, 1879 from South America (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Notonectidae), with an identification key to all described species of the genus. Aquatic insects, 33(2): 113–126. DOI: 10.1080/01650424.2011.600317
Padila-Gil, D.N. 2010: Two new species of Martarega (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Notonectidae) and a new species of Tachygerris (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerridae) from Colombia. Zootaxa, 2560: 61–68. Preview
Truxal, F.S. 1949: A study of the genus Martarega (Hemiptera, Notonectidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 22(1): 1–24. JSTOR

Martarega is a genus of backswimmers in the family Notonectidae. There are about 13 described species in Martarega.[1][2][3]
Species

These 13 species belong to the genus Martarega:

Martarega awa
Martarega bentoi Truxal, 1949
Martarega brasiliensis Truxal, 1949
Martarega chinai Hynes, 1948
Martarega gonostyla Truxal, 1949
Martarega guajira
Martarega lofoides
Martarega membranacea White, 1879
Martarega mexicana Truxal, 1949
Martarega nessimiani Barbosa & Rodrigues
Martarega nieseri Barbosa, Ribeiro & Nessimian, 2012
Martarega oriximinaensis Barbosa, Ribeiro & Ferreira Keppler, 2010
Martarega siolii Barbosa, Nessimian & Takiya

References

"Martarega Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
"Martarega". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.

"Martarega genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.