Summary description from Wikipedia:

Gerris in languages:

Chinese

黽蝽屬

Dutch

Schaatsenrijders

Estonian

liuskurid

Hungarian

molnárpoloskák

Italian

Gerride

Japanese

ヒメアメンボ属

Korean

소금쟁이속

Modern Greek

Νεροβάτης

Polish

Nartnik

Russian

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Parent Taxon

• Gerridae

Sibling Taxa

• Aquarius
• Gerris
• Gigantometra
• Limnogonus
• Limnometra
• Limnoporus
• Neogerris
• Tenagogerris
• Tenagogonus

Child Taxa

• Gerris
• Gerriselloides
• Macrogerris

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