Rheumatobates Explained

Rheumatobates is a genus of water striders in the family Gerridae. There are more than 30 described species in Rheumatobates.

Species

These 39 species belong to the genus Rheumatobates:

• Rheumatobates aestuarius Polhemus, 1969
• Rheumatobates bergrothi Meinert, 1895
• Rheumatobates bonariensis (Berg, 1898)
• Rheumatobates carvalhoi Drake & Harris, 1944-01
• Rheumatobates citatus Drake & Hottes, 1951
• Rheumatobates clanis Drake & Harris, 1932
• Rheumatobates crassifemur Esaki, 1926
• Rheumatobates creaseri Hungerford, 1936
• Rheumatobates crinitus Herring, 1949-01
• Rheumatobates curracis Drake & Carvalho, 1954
• Rheumatobates drakei Hungerford, 1954
• Rheumatobates hamatus Drake & Chapman, 1954
• Rheumatobates hungerfordi Wiley, 1923
• Rheumatobates imitator (Uhler, 1894)
• Rheumatobates klagei Schroeder, 1931
• Rheumatobates longisetosus J.Polhemus & Manzano, 1992-01
• Rheumatobates mangrovensis (China, 1943)
• Rheumatobates meinerti Schroeder, 1931
• Rheumatobates mexicanus Drake & Hottes, 1951
• Rheumatobates minimus Drake, 1958-01
• Rheumatobates minutus Hungerford, 1936
• Rheumatobates ornatus J.Polhemus & Cheng, 1977
• Rheumatobates palosi Blatchley, 1926
• Rheumatobates pecularis Polhemus & Spangler
• Rheumatobates peculiaris J.Polhemus & Spangler, 1989-27
• Rheumatobates petilus Drake & Hottes, 1951
• Rheumatobates plumipes Castro-Vargas & Morales-Castaño, 2011-23
• Rheumatobates praeposterus Bergroth, 1908
• Rheumatobates probolicornis J.Polhemus & Manzano, 1992-01
• Rheumatobates prostatus J.Polhemus, 1975
• Rheumatobates rileyi Bergroth, 1892
• Rheumatobates spinosus Hungerford, 1954
• Rheumatobates tenuipes Meinert, 1895
• Rheumatobates trinitatis (China, 1943)
• Rheumatobates trinitatus (China, 1943)
• Rheumatobates trulliger Bergroth, 1915
• Rheumatobates urabaensis Molano, Mondragón & Morales, 2017-16
• Rheumatobates vegatus Drake & Harris, 1942
• Rheumatobates wrighti Drake & Harris

Further reading

• 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.