Velia

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
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: Gerromorpha
Superfamilia: Gerroidea

Familia: Veliidae
Subfamilia: Veliinae
Genus: Velia
Subgenera: V. (Cesavelia) – V. (Haldwania) ...
References

Basu, S.; Subramanian, K.A.; Polhemus, D.A. 2013: A new species of Velia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from West Bengal, India. Zootaxa 3693(3): 344–350. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3693.3.4 Reference page.
Drake, C.J. 1957: Notes on the genus Velia (Hemiptera: Veliidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 30(4): 138–140. Reference page.
Koçak, A.Ö.; Kemal, M. 2010: Nomenclatural notes on the genus group names of the families Veliidae and Tingidae (Hemiptera). Priamus, 12(6): 151–152. Internet Archive

Velia is a genus of aquatic bugs in the family Veliidae.
Species

Velia caprai (Tamanini, 1947)
Velia currens (Fabricius, 1794)
Velia helenae
Velia saulii

References