Curicta (bug) explained

Curicta is a genus of waterscorpions in the family Nepidae native to freshwater habitats in the Americas. There are more than 15 species, with most restricted to South America.^{[1] [2]} There are only two species in the United States: C. pronotata (Arizona to Texas) and C. scorpio (Louisiana and Texas).^[1]

Species

There are more than 15 species in the genus Curicta,^{[1] [2]} including:

• Curicta montei De Carlo, 1960

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• Curicta pronotata Kuitert, 1949

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• Curicta scorpio Stål, 1862

^{i c g b}Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• Nepidae (Hemiptera) of the United States and Canada. 1994. Sites . Robert W.. Polhemus . John T.. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 87. 1. 27–42. 10.1093/aesa/87.1.27.
• Book: Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 1: Enicocephalomorpha, Dipsocoromorpha, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha and Leptopodomorpha. 1995. Aukema . Berend. Rieger . Christian. The Netherlands Entomological Society. 978-90-71912-12-2.

Notes and References

1. Keffer, S.L. . 1996 . Systematics of the New World Waterscorpion Genus Curicta Stål (Heteroptera: Nepidae) . Journal of the New York Entomological Society . 104 . 3-4 . 117-215 .
2. Book: Heckman, C.W. . 2011 . Encyclopedia of South American Aquatic Insects: Hemiptera - Heteroptera . Springer . 978-94-007-0704-7 . 356–367 .