Aquatic Insects of Michigan

by Ethan Bright, Museum of Zoology Insect Division and School of Natural Resources and Environment
University of Michigan

Aquatic and Semiaquatic Heteroptera (True Bugs) of Michigan

Introduction

Our current state of knowledge about distribution of Heteroptera is generally good, thanks to some good survey work by Abbott, Hungerford and others. Each family is distinctive and unique, usually with only a small number of species, but all characterized by piercing-sucking mouthparts having a segmented rostrum or beak, and a forewing consisting of a membraneous tip and a basally scleritized portion. Their mouthpart morphology is tied to the almost exclusively predatory feeding habitats. Mouthparts have been modified in Corixidae, with many species being omnivorous and having setae-studded forelimbs that facilitate filter-feeding plant matter. The presence of scent glands in many groups likely has multiple and different functions among familiies, and genera, including predator avoidance, secretion of phermones, or the general health of the insect (Cobben 1978).

Much of the information contained herein comes from a still very useful catalog of North American Heteroptera edited by Henry and Froeschner (1988), supplemented by other references and specimens in the UMMZ-Insect Division collection. As of 2008, there are about 67 genera and 424 species of aquatic and semiaquatic Heteroptera in North America (Polhemus and Polhemus 2008), of which of which 39 genera and 126 species documented in Michigan, and another 12 species that may be encountered based on their known regional distribution. Genera are denoted in green; species denoted in bold blue have been recorded in Michigan; species denoted in black bold are likely to occur in Michigan based on their known distribution with nearby state/provincial localities from which certified records have been published. You can use the Find function in your web browser to locate families, genera, and species. Synonomous species (indented) are listed below the current valid species (denoted in bold) with its taxonomic status indicated.

Key to the Aquatic and Semi-aquatic Heteroptera of Michigan

BELOSTOMATIDAE Leach, 1815: 123 (Giant Water Bugs or Electric Light Bug)

Benacus Stål, 1861: 205 (Subfamily Lethocerinae)
Benacus griseus (Say, 1832: 37 as Belostoma) - Menke 1963: 267 (as L. (B.) griseus); Polhemus et al. 1988a: 54; see also Goodwyn 2006
(syn.) Belostoma haldemanum Leidy, 1847: 66
(syn.) Belostoma impressus Haldeman, 1852: 364
(syn.) Belostoma harpax Stål, 1855: 240
(syn.) Belostoma angustatum Guérin-Menéville, 1857: 176
(syn.) Belostoma distinctum Dufour, 1863: 382
(syn.) Belostoma ruficeps var. minor Dufour, 1863: 382

Belostoma Latreille, 1807: 144 (Subfamily Belostomatinae)
Belostoma flumineum Say, 1832: 12 - Polhemus et al. 1988a: 52
(syn.) Perthostoma auranticum Leidy, 1847: 60
(syn.) Zaitha fluminea Dufour, 1847: 388
(syn.) Zaitha fusciventris Townsend, 1863: 55
(syn.) Belostoma bakeri Ellis, 1952: 327
Belostoma lutarium (Stål, 1855: 190 as Zaitha) - se MI (Hilsenhoff 1984: 33); Polhemus et al. 1988a: 52-53
(syn.) Zaitha aurantiaca Uhler, 1886: 28
(syn.) Belostoma aurantiacum Torre-Bueno & Brimley, 1907: 435
Belostoma testaceum (Leidy, 1847: 66 as Perthostoma) - Polhemus et al. 1988a: 53
(comb.) Zaitha testacea Mayr 1863: 354
(syn.) Zaitha reticulata Haldeman, 1852: 370


Lethocerus Mayr, 1853: 17, fig. 1 (Subfamily Lethocerinae)
Lethocerus (Lethocerus) americanus (Leidy, 1847: 66 as Belostoma grandis var. americanum) - Menke 1963: 263; Polhemus et al. 1988a: 54-55
(syn.) Belostoma griseum (not Say) Stål, 1861: 206, Mayr 1871: 427
(syn.) Belostoma litigiosum Dufour, 1863: 382
(syn.) Belostoma obscurum Dufour, 1863: 382
(comb.) Belostoma americanum Uhler 1876: 337
(comb.) Amorgius americanus Torre-Bueno 1905: 44
(comb.syn.) Lethocerus obscurus Kirkaldy & Torre-Bueno 1909: 189
Lethocerus (Lethocerus) uhleri (Montandon, 1896: 513 as Belostoma) - Menke 1963: 263-264; Polhemus et al. 1988a: 55
(comb.) Amorgius (Montandonista) uhleri Torre-Bueno & Brimley 1907: 434
(comb.) Amorgius uhleri Van Duzee 1909: 184

CORIXIDAE Leach, 1815: 124 (Water boatman)

Cymatia Flor, 1860: 783 (Cymatinae)
Cymatia americana Hussey, 1920: 80 - Polhemus et al. 1988b: 118; Chordas and Hudson 1999: 249; see also Tinerella and Gundersen 2005: 12

Callicorixa White, 1873: 62, 75 (Corixinae: Corixini)
Callicorixa alaskensis Hungerford, 1926a: 462 - Polhemus et al. 1988b: 96; Chordas and Hudson 1999: 249; see also Tinerella and Gundersen 2005: 33; UMMZ (records det. by A. Jansson, from Schoolcraft Co. (Bear Cr., T443N R13W S16, 27-July-1929 and 29-Aug-1928, leg. Lowe), Houghton Co. (Otter R., T52N R35W S25, Sum. 1949, leg. J. Leonard), Marquette Co.
(syn.) Corixa striata var. B Kirby, 1837: 284
(syn.) Corisa praeusta Fieber, 1848: 521
(syn.) Callicorixa praeusta Kirkaldy & Torre-Bueno 1909: 194
Callicorixa audeni Hungerford, 1928: 229 - Polhemus et al. 1988b: 96; Chordas and Hudson 1999: 249; see also Tinerella and Gundersen 2005: 32
(syn.) Callicorixa canadensis Walley, 1930a: 80

Cenocorixa Hungerford, 1948: 564 (Corixinae: Corixini)
Cenocorixa bifida (Hungerford, 1926b: 268 as Arctocorixa [sic]) - MN, may occur in w UP (Polhemus et al. 1988b: 97; Tinerella and Gundersen 2005: 75)
Cenocorixa dakotensis (Hungerford, 1928: 229 as Arctocorixa [sic]) WI, expect in w UP (Polhemus et al. 1988b: 97-98; Tinerella and Gundersen 2005: 74)
Cenocorixa utahensis (Hungerford, 1925a: 22 as Arctocorixa [sic]) - Chordas et al. 2002: 311; see also Tinerella and Gundersen 2005: 76

Corisella Lundblad, 1928: 158 (Corixinae: Corixini)
Corisella edulis (Champion, 1901: 380 as Corixa) - MN, WI, may occur in w UP (Polhemus et al. 1988b: 99; Tinerella and Gundersen 2005: 22)
(comb.) Arctocorixa edulis Van Duzee 1916: 54
(comb.) Corisella edulis Lundblad 1928: 158
Corisella inscripta (Uhler, 1894b: 294 as Corixa) - Chordas et al. 2002: 311
Corisella tarsalis (Fieber, 1851a: 19 as Corisa) - Chordas and Hudson 1999: 257; see also Tinerella and Gundersen 2005: 21
(syn.) Corixa tumida Uhler, 1877: 454
(syn.) Arctocorisa mercenaria Kirkaldy & Torre-Bueno, 1909: 196
(comb.) Arctocorisa tarsalis Kirkaldy & Torre-Bueno 1909: 197
(syn.) Arctocorixa tumida Van Duzee, 1916: 54
(comb.) Sigara tarsalis Lundblad 1931: 86
(syn.) Corisella atumida Walley, 1936: 62

Dasycorixa Hungerford, 1948: 142 (Corixinae: Glaenocorisini)
Dasycorixa hybrida (Hungerford, 1926b: 271 as Glaenocorixa) - MN, WI (expect in w. UP, see Tinerella and Gundersen 2005: 14)

Hesperocorixa Kirkaldy, 1908: 118 (Corixinae: Corixini)
Hesperocorixa atopodonta (Hungerford, 1927: 35 as Arctocorixa) - Polhemus et al. 1988b: 100; see also Tinerella and Gundersen 2005: 36; UMMZ (Mackinac Co.)
(syn.) Corixa alternata Uhler, 1878: 446
(syn.) Arctocorixa nitida Parshley, 1914: 140
(syn.) Arctocorisa dubia Abbott, 1916: 342
(comb. syn.) Arctocorixa dubia Blatchley 1926: 1072
(comb.) Sigara (Anticorixa) atopodonta Jaczewski 1936: 43
Hesperocorixa interrupta (Say, 1825: 328 as Corixa) - Polhemus et al. 1988b: 101; Chordas and Hudson 1999: 249; see also Tinerella and Gundersen 2005: 46
(comb.) Corisa interrupta Fieber 1851a: 27
(comb.) Arctocorisa interrupta Kirkaldy & Torre-Bueno 1909: 195
(comb.) Arctocorixa interrupta Van Duzee 1916: 54
(comb.) Sigara interrupta Lundblad 1929a: 27
(comb.) Sigara (Anticorixa) interrupta Jaczewski 1936: 42
Hesperocorixa kennicottii (Uhler, 1897: 393 as Corixa) - Polhemus et al. 1988b: 101; Chordas and Hudson 1999: 249; see also Tinerella and Gundersen 2005: 37
(comb.) Arctocorisa kennicottii Kirkaldy & Torre-Bueno 1909: 195
(comb.) Arctocorixa (Anticorixa) kennicottii Van Duzee 1916: 54
(comb.) Sigara (Anticorixa) kennicottii Jaczewski 1936: 42
(comb.) Corixa (Hesperocorixa) kennicottii Hutchinson 1940: 413
Hesperocorixa laevigata (Uhler, 1893: 384 as Corisa) - Chordas et al. 2002: 311; see also Tinerella and Gundersen 2005: 42
(comb.) Arctocorisa laevigata Kirkaldy & Torre-Bueno 1909: 196
(comb.spell.) Arctocorixa (Arctocorixa) laevigata Van Duzee 1916: 54
(comb.) Sigara (Anticorixa) laevigata Jaczewski 1936: 42
(comb.) Corixa laevigata Walton 1943: 161
Hesperocorixa lobata (Hungerford, 1925b: 143 as Arctocorixa) - Polhemus et al. 1988b: 101-102; Chordas and Hudson 1999: 249; see also Tinerella and Gundersen 2005: 47
(comb.) Sigara (Anticorixa) lobata Jaczewski 1936: 42
Hesperocorixa lucida (Abbott, 1916: 341 as Arctocorixa) - Polhemus et al. 1988b: 102; Chordas and Hudson 1999: 249; see also Tinerella and Gundersen 2005: 40
(comb.) Arctocorixa lucida Van Duzee 1917: 482; also Blatchley 1926: 1072
(comb.) Sigara (Anticorixa) lucida Jaczewski 1936: 43
Hesperocorixa michiganensis (Hungerford, 1926c: 196 as Arctocorixa) - Polhemus et al. 1988b: 102; Chordas and Hudson 1999: 249; see also Tinerella and Gundersen 2005: 39; UMMZ (Marquette Co.)
(comb.) Sigara (Anticorixa) michiganensis Jaczewski 1936: 43
Hesperocorixa minorella (Hungerford, 1926c: 197 as Arctocorixa) - Hungerford, 1926: 197; Polhemus et al. 1988b: 102; Chordas and Hudson 1999: 249; see also Tinerella and Gundersen 2005: 38; UMMZ (Houghton Co.)
(comb.) Sigara (Anticorixa) minorella Jaczewski 1936: 43
Hesperocorixa nitida (Fieber, 1851a: 28 as Corisa.) - Polhemus et al. 1988b: 102; Chordas and Hudson 1999: 249; see also Tinerella and Gundersen 2005: 44
(comb.) Arctocorisa nitida Kirkaldy & Torre-Bueno 1909: 196
(comb.) Arctocorixa nitida Van Duzee 1916: 54
(comb.) Sigara nitida Lundblad 1929b: 300
(comb.) Sigara (Anticorixa) nitida Jaczewski 1936: 42
Hesperocorixa obliqua (Hungerford, 1925b: 142 as Arctocorixa) - Polhemus et al. 1988b: 103; Chordas and Hudson 1999: 249; see also Tinerella and Gundersen 2005: 45
(syn.) Sigara (Anticorixa) obliqua Jaczewski 1936: 42
Hesperocorixa scabricula (Walley, 1936: 56 as Arctocorixa) - Polhemus et al. 1988b: 103; Chordas and Hudson 1999: 249; see also Tinerella and Gundersen 2005: 41; UMMZ (Marquette Co.)
(syn.) Corixa escheri Uhler, 1876: 75
(comb. syn.) Arctocorisa esheri Kirkaldy & Torre-Bueno 1909: 195
(comb. syn.) Arctocorixa escheri Van Duzee 1916: 54
(comb. syn.) Hesperocorixa escheri Hungerford 1948: 519
Hesperocorixa semilucida (Walley, 1930b: 284 as Arctocorixa) - Polhemus et al. 1988b: 102; Chordas and Hudson 1999: 249
(comb. syn.) Sigara (Anticorixa) semilucida Jaczewski 1936: 43
Hesperocorixa vulgaris (Hungerford, 1925b: 143 as Arctocorixa) - Polhemus et al. 1988b: 102; Chordas and Hudson 1999: 249; see also Tinerella and Gundersen 2005: 43; UMMZ (Marquette Co.)
(comb. syn.) Sigara (Anticorixa) vulgaris Jaczewski 1936: 42

Palmacorixa Abbott, 1912a: 337 (Corixinae: Corixini)
Palmacorixa buenoi Abbott, 1912b: 113 - Polhemus et al. 1988b: 104; Chordas and Hudson 1999: 249; see also Tinerella and Gundersen 2005: 18
Palmacorixa gillettei Abbott, 1912a: 337 - Polhemus et al. 1988b: 104; Chordas and Hudson 1999: 249; see also Tinerella and Gundersen 2005: 16
Palmacorixa janeae Brooks, 1959: 179 - WI (Chequamegon Bay)(Gerald Shepard, pers.comm. 2017)
Palmacorixa nana Walley, 1930c: 106 - Polhemus et al. 1988b: 104; Chordas and Hudson 1999: 249; see also Tinerella and Gundersen 2005: 19

Ramphocorixa Abbott, 1912b: 120 (Corixinae: Corixini)
Ramphocorixa acuminata (Uhler, 1897: 392 as Corixa) - MN, IL, OH (Polhemus et al. 1988b: 105; Tinerella and Gundersen 2005: 30)
(syn.) Corixa alternata Forbes, 1876: 4
(syn.) Corisa scutellata Crevecoeur, 1905: 234
(syn.) Ramphocorixa balanodis Abbott, 1912a: 118

Sigara Fabricius 1775: 691 (Corixinae: Corixini)
Sigara (Vermicorixa) alternata (Say, 1825: 329 as Corixa) - Polhemus et al. 1988b: 110-111; Chordas and Hudson 1999: 249; see also Tinerella and Gundersen 2005: 82; UMMZ (Schoolcraft Co.)
(comb.) Corisa alternata Fieber 1851a: 35
(syn.) Corisa erichsonii Fieber, 1851a: 35
(syn.) Corixa striata Uhler, 1876: 74
(comb.) Arctocorisa alaternata Kirkaldy & Torre-Bueno 1909: 194
(comb.) Corixa alternata Abbott 1913: 87
(comb. syn.) Arctocorisa erichsonii Kirkaldy & Torre-Bueno 1909: 194
(comb. syn.) Arctocorixa erichsonii Van Duzee 1916: 54; and Blatchley 1926: 1078
(syn.) Arctocorisa parshleyi Abbott, 1916: 342
(comb. syn.) Arctocorixa parshleyi Van Duzee 1916: 54
(comb. syn.) Sigara parshleyi Lundblad 1929b: 193
Sigara (Arctosigara) bicoloripennis (Walley, 1936: 55 as Arctosigara) - Polhemus et al. 1988b: 106; Chordas and Hudson 1999: 249; see also Tinerella and Gundersen 2005: 103; UMMZ (Houghton Co.)
Sigara (Phaeosigara) compressoidea (Hungerford, 1928: 226 as Arctocorixa) - Hungerforrd 1928: 226; Chordas and Hudson 1999: 249; see also Tinerella and Gundersen 2005: 90; UMMZ (Houghton Co.)
Sigara (Arctosigara) conocephala (Hungerford, 1926b: 270 as Arctocorixa); Hungerford 1926: 270; Chordas and Hudson 1999: 249; see also Tinerella and Gundersen 2005: 84; UMMZ (Schoolcraft Co.)
Sigara (Allosigara) decorata (Abbott, 1916: 341 as Arctocorixa) - Chordas et al. 2002: 312; see also Tinerella and Gundersen 2005: 81; UMMZ (Schoolcraft Co.)
(comb.) Arctocorixa decorata Van Duzee 1917: 479, and Blatchly 1926: 1071
Sigara (Arctosigara) decoratella (Hungerford, 1926c: 195 as Arctocorixa) - Hungerford 1926: 195; Chordas and Hudson 1999: 249; see also Tinerella and Gundersen 2005: 80; UMMZ (Mackinac Co.)
(syn.) Corisa limitata Fieber, 1851a: 35
(syn.) Corixa alternata Parshley, 1914: 140
Sigara (Vermicorixa) defecta Hungerford, 1948: 699 - Polhemus et al. 1988b: 111; Chordas and Hudson 1999: 249; see also Tinerella and Gundersen 2005: 102
Sigara (Phaeosigara) dolabra Hungerford & Sailer, 1943: 179 - Polhemus et al. 1988b: 108; Chordas and Hudson 1999: 249; see also Tinerella and Gundersen 2005: 945
Sigara (Pileosigara) douglasensis (Hungerford, 1926c: 196 as Arctocorixa) - Hungerford 1926: 196; Chordas and Hudson 1999: 249; see also Tinerella and Gundersen 2005: 90
Sigara (Vermicorixa) grossolineata Hungerford, 1948: 119 - Polhemus et al. 1988b: 111; Chordas and Hudson 1999: 249; see also Tinerella and Gundersen 2005: 99; UMMZ (Mackinac Co.)
(syn.) Arctocorisa scabra Parshley, 1917: 119
Sigara (Vermicorixa) hubbelli (Hungerford, 1928: 228 as Arctocorixa) - MN, WI, IL, IN, OH, ONT (Polhemus et al. 1988b: 111; Tinerella and Gundersen 2005: 101)
Sigara (Vermicorixa) johnstoni Hungerford, 1948: 693 - Schoolcraft Co. (UMMZ); see also Tinerella and Gundersen 2005: 88; UMMZ (Schoolcraft Co.)
Sigara (Vermicorixa) knighti Hungerford, 1948: 695 - Polhemus et al. 1988b: 111; Chordas and Hudson 1999: 249; see also Tinerella and Gundersen 2005: 87; UMMZ (Mackinac Co.)
Sigara (Lasiosigara) lineata (Forster, 1771: 70 as Notonecta) - Chordas and Hudson 1999: 247-248; see also Polhemus et al. 1988b: 107; Tinerella and Gundersen 2005: 92)
(syn.) Notonecta noveboracensis Gmelin, 1790: 2119
(syn.) Corisa bilineata Provancher, 1872: 108
(syn.) Corisa bivittata Provancher, 1888: 203
(comb. syn.) Arctocorisa bilineata Kirkaldy & Torre-Bueno 1909: 194
(comb. syn.) Arctocorisa bivittata Kirkaldy & Torre-Bueno 1909: 194
(comb. syn.) Arctocorisa noveboracensis Kirkaldy & Torre-Bueno 1909: 196
(comb. syn.) Arctocorixa bilineata Van Duzee 1916: 54, and Blatchley 1926: 1077
(syn.) Arctocorixa lineata Van Duzee 1916: 54, and Blatchley 1926: 1079
Sigara (Phaeosigara) mackinacensis (Hungerford, 1928: 228 as Arctocorixa) - Hungerford 1928: 228; Chordas and Hudson 1999: 249; see also Tinerella and Gundersen 2005: 89
Sigara (Phaeosigara) macropala (Hungerford, 1926c: 196 as Arctocorixa) - Hungerford 1928: 196; Chordas and Hudson 1999: 249; see also Tinerella and Gundersen 2005: 104
(comb.) Arctocorisa maeropala [sic.] Johnson, in Proctor 1927: 40
Sigara (Vermicorixa) mathesoni Hungerford, 1948: 119 - Polhemus et al. 1988b: 111-112; Chordas and Hudson 1999: 249; see also Tinerella and Gundersen 2005: 98
Sigara (Vermicorixa) modesta (Abbott, 1916: 343 as Arctocorixa) - Polhemus et al. 1988b: 112; Chordas and Hudson 1999: 249; see also Tinerella and Gundersen 2005: 100
(comb.) Arctocorixa modesta Van Duzee 1917: 482
Sigara (Vermicorixa) mullettensis (Hungerford, 1928: 230 as Arctocorixa) - Hungerford 1928: 230; Chordas and Hudson 1999: 249; see also Tinerella and Gundersen 2005: 94; UMMZ (Houghton Co.)
(syn.) Arctocorixa impersonata Walley, 1930d: 204
Sigara (Arctosigara) penniensis (Hungerford, 1928: 228 as Arctocorixa) - Hungerford 1928: 228; Chordas and Hudson 1999: 249; see also Tinerella and Gundersen 2005: 83; UMMZ (Mackinac Co.)
Sigara (Phaeosigara) signata (Fieber, 1851a: 21 as Corisa) - Polhemus et al. 1988b: 109; Chordas and Hudson 1999: 249; see also Tinerella and Gundersen 2005: 97; UMMZ (Houghton Co.)
(comb.) Arctocorisa signata Kirkaldy & Torre-Bueno 1909: 197
(syn.) Arctocorisa seriata Abbott, 1916: 342
(comb.) Arctocorixa signata Van Duzee 1916: 54, and Blatchley 1926: 1074
(comb. syn.) Arctocorixa seriata Van Duzee 1917: 483
(syn.) Arctocorixa scabra Parshley, 1917: 119
Sigara (Vermicorixa) solensis (Hungerford, 1926c: 198 as Arctocorixa) - Hungerford 1926: 198; Chordas and Hudson 1999: 249; see also Tinerella and Gundersen 2005: 96
Sigara (Vermicorixa) transfigurata (Walley, 1930b: 282 as Arctocorixa) - Polhemus et al. 1988b: 113; see also Tinerella and Gundersen 2005: 86
Sigara (Lasiosigara) trilineata (Provancher, 1872: 108 as Corisa) - Polhemus et al. 1988b: 107; Chordas and Hudson 1999: 249; see also Tinerella and Gundersen 2005: 93
(syn.) Corisa trivittata Provancher, 1888: 203
(comb.) Arctocorisa trilineata Kirkaldy & Torre-Bueno 1909: 197
(comb.syn.) Arctocorisa trivittata Kirkaldy & Torre-Bueno 1909: 197
(comb.) Arctocorixa trilineata Van Duzee 1916: 54
(syn.) Arctocorixa lineata Walley, 1930d: 203
Sigara (Phaeosigara) variabilis (Hungerford, 1926c: 198 as Arctocorixa) - Hungerford 1926: 198; Chordas and Hudson 1999: 249; see also Tinerella and Gundersen 2005: 85
Sigara (Phaeosigara) zimmermanni (Fieber, 1851a: 21 as Corisa) - Polhemus et al. 1988b: 110; Chordas and Hudson 1999: 249
(comb.) Arctocorisa zimmermanni Kirkaldy & Torre-Bueno 1909: 197, Van Duzee 1916: 54
(syn.) Arctocorisa compressa Abbott, 1913: 83
(comb.) Arctocorixa compressa Van Duzee 1917: 479

Trichocorixa Kirkaldy, 1908: 117 (Corixinae: Corixini)
Trichocorixa borealis Sailer, 1948: 308 - Chordas and Hudson 1999: 248; see also Polhemus et al. 1988b: 114; Tinerella and Gundersen 2005: 26
Trichocorixa calva (Say, 1832: 38 as Corixa) - Polhemus et al. 1988b: 114; Chordas and Hudson 1999: 249; see also Tinerella and Gundersen 2005: 28
(syn.) Corisa burmeisterii Fieber, 1851a: 24
(comb.) Trichocorixa burmeisterii Lundblad 1931: 85
Trichocorixa kanza Sailer, 1948: 258 - Chordas and Hudson 1999: 248
Trichocorixa macroceps (Kirkaldy, 1908: 119 as Arctocorixa) - Polhemus et al. 1988b: 114; Chordas and Hudson 1999: 249
(comb.) Corixa macroceps Abbott 1913: 86
(syn.) Trichocorixa micronectoides Blatchley, 1926: 1085
Trichocorixa sexcincta (Champion, 1901: 379 as Corixa) - Polhemus et al. 1988b: 115; Chordas and Hudson 1999: 249; see also Tinerella and Gundersen 2005: 25
(syn.) Arctocorisa naias Kirkaldy & Torre-Bueno, 1909: 196
(syn.) Trichocorixa championi Jaczewski, 1927: 367
(syn.) Trichocorixa naias Sailer, 1948: 335 (see Hussey 1950)
Trichocorixa verticalis (Fieber, 1851a: 24 as Corisa) - IN, MN, widespread (Polhemus et al. 1988b: 116; Tinerella and Gundersen 2005: 27; see also Guareschi et al. 2013 about this species' human-spread introduction to other parts of the world)
(comb.) Corixa verticalis Abbott 1913: 87

GELASTOCORIDAE Kirkaldy, 1897b: 258 (Toadbugs)


Gelastocoris Kirkaldy 1897: 258
Gelastocoris oculatus (Fabricius, 1798: 525 as Naucoris) - Polhemus and Polhemus 1988a: 137-138; Bright coll.
(comb.) Galgulus oculatus Latreille 1802: 253
(syn.) Galgulus variolatus [sic.] Rathvon, 1869: 550
(syn.) Gelastocoris vicinus Champion, 1901: 349
(syn.) Gelastocoris barberi Torre-Bueno, 1923a: 393
(syn.) Gelastocoris subsimilis Blatchley, 1926: 1025
(syn.) Gelastocoris californiensis Melin, 1929: 126

GERRIDAE Leach, 1815: 123 (Water striders)

Aquarius Schellenberg, 1800: 25 (subfamily Gerrinae)
Aquarius conformis (Uhler, 1878: 435 as Hydrotrechus) - Smith 1988a: 143
(syn.) Gerris (Hydrotrechus) conformis Torre-Bueno, 1905a: 40
(comb.) Gerris conformis Torre-Bueno 1908: 223
Aquarius remigis (Say, 1832: 35 as Gerris) - Smith 1988a: 143; Bright coll.
(syn.) Gerris orba Stål, 1859: 264
(syn.) Hygrotrechus robustus Uhler, 1871: 105
(comb.) Hygrotrechus remigis Uhler 1872: 422
(syn.) Hydrometra orba Walker, 1873: 152
(syn.) Gerris robustus Walker, 1873: 165
(comb.syn.) Gerris (Hydrotrechus) remigis Torre-Bueno 1905: 40
(comb.syn.) Hygrotrechus orba Van Duzee 1914: 32
(comb.syn.) Gerris (Aquarius) remigis Torre-Bueno 1911: 246
(comb.syn.) Gerris (Aquarius) robustus Van Duzee 1916: 49
(comb.syn.) Gerris remigis caloregon Calabrese 1974: 27
(comb.syn.) Gerris remigis remigis Calabrese 1974: 27

Gerris Fabricius, 1794: 187 (subfamily Gerrinae)
Gerris alacris Hussey, 1921: 11 - Hussey 1921: 11
Gerris argenticollis Parshley, 1916: 103 - Smith 1988a: 144
Gerris buenoi Kirkaldy, 1911: 40 - Smith 1988a: 144
Gerris comatus comatus Drake & Hottes, 1925a: 48 - Smith 1988a: 144
Gerris insperatus Drake & Hottes, 1925b: 71 - IL, IN, MN, OH, ON (Smith 1988a: 145)
Gerris marginatus Say, 1832: 36 - Smith 1988a: 145
(comb.) Limnotrechus marginatus Uhler 1872: 423

Limnoporus Stål, 1868: 395 (subfamily Gerrinae)
Limnoporus canaliculatus (Say, 1832: 36 as Gerris) - Smith 1988a: 146
(comb.) Gerris (Limnotrechus) canaliculatus Torre-Bueno 1905: 41
(comb.) Gerris (Gerris) canaliculatus Torre-Bueno 1911: 248
Limnoporus dissortis (Drake & Harris, 1930: 145 as Gerris) - Smith 1988a: 146


Metrobates Uhler, 1871: 108 (subfamily Trepobatinae)
Metrobates hesperius Uhler, 1871: 109 - Smith 1988a: 149
(syn.) Halobatopsis beginii Ashmead, 1897: 56

Neogerris Matsumura, 1913: 100 (subfamily Gerrinae)
Neogerris hesione (Kirkaldy, 1902: 137 as Gerris) - Smith 1988a: 147
(comb.) Limnogonus hesione Kirkaldy & Torre-Bueno 1909: 210
(comb.) Tenagogonus hesione Van Duzee 1916: 49
(comb.) Gerris (Tenagogonus) hesione Torre-Bueno 1921: 274
(comb.) Gerris (Limnogonus) hesione Torre-Bueno 1925: 31
(comb.) Limnogonus (Limnogonellus) hesione Hungerford & Matsuda 1959: 40

Rheumatobates Bergroth, 1892: 321 (subfamily Rhagodotarsinae)
Rheumatobates palosi Blatchley 1926: 984 as R. rileyi var. palosi - Smith 1988a: 148
Rheumatobates rileyi Bergroth, 1892: 321 - Smith 1988a: 148

Trepobates Uhler, 1894a: 213 (subfamily Trepobatinae)
Trepobates inermis Esaki, 1926: 140 - Smith 1988a: 150-151
Trepobates knighti Drake & Harris, 1928: 28 - Smith 1988a: 151
Trepobates pictus (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1847: 111 as Halobates) - Smith 1988a: 151
(comb.) Stephania picta White 1883: 79
Trepobates subnitidus Esaki, 1926: 141 - Smith 1988a: 151
(syn.) Trepobates citatus Drake & Chapman, 1953a: 111

HEBRIDAE Amyot & Serville, 1843: xl (Velvet water bugs, sphagnum bugs)

Hebrus Curtis, 1833: 198 (Hebrinae)
Hebrus buenoi buenoi Drake & Harris, 1943: 52 - Polhemus and Polhemus 1998d: 153
Hebrus burmeisteri Lethierry & Severin, 1896: 51 - Polhemus and Polhemus 1998d: 153

(syn.) Hebrus pusillus Burmeister, 1835: 214 [preocc.]
(comb.syn.) Naeogeus burmeisteri Kirkaldy & Torre-Bueno 1909: 214
Merragata White, 1877: 113 (Hebrinae)
Merragata brunnea Drake, 1917: 105 - Polhemus & Polhemus 1998d: 155
Merragata hebroides White, 1877: 114 - Polhemus & Polhemus 1998d: 155
(syn.) Merragata foveata Drake, 1917: 103
(syn.) Merragata slossoni Van Duzee, 1921: 133

HYDROMETRIDAE Billberg, 1820: 67 (Water treaders)

Hydrometra Latreille, 1796: 86 (Subfamily Hydrometrinae)
Hydrometra martini Kirkaldy, 1900: 175 - Smith 1988b: 158; Bright coll.
(syn.) Hydrometra lineata Say, 1832: 35
(comb.syn.) Limnobates lineata Uhler 1886: 26

MESOVELIIDAE Douglas & Scott, 1867: 3

Mesovelia Mulsant & Rey, 1852: 138 (Mesoveliinae)

Mesovelia amoena Uhler, 1894a: 218 - UMMZ record; Hungerford 1924: 142; Smith 1988c: 248
(syn.) Mesovelia douglasensis Hungerford, 1924a: 142
Mesovelia cryptophila Hungerford, 1924b: 454 - UMMZ records; Hungerford 1924: 454
Mesovelia mulsanti White, 1879: 268 - UMMZ records; Smith 1988c: 248; Merritt et al. 2002: 154
(syn.) Mesovelia bisignata Uhler, 1884: 273
(comb.syn.) Mesoretia [sic.] bisignata Crevecoeur 1905: 234
(comb.) Mesovelia mulsanti bisignata Jaczewski 1930: 7

NAUCORIDAE Leach, 1815: 123 (Creeping water bugs)

Pelocoris Stål, 1876: 144 (Subfamily Naucorinae)
Pelocoris femoratus (Palisot de Beauvois, 1820: 237 as Naucoris) - Uhler 1876: 71; Polhemus and Polhemus 1988b: 526-527; Bright coll.

(syn.) Naucoris poeyi Uhler, 1876: 71
(syn.) Pelocoris carolinensis Hungerford, 1927b: 77

NEPIDAE Latreille, 1802: 252 (Water scorpions)

Nepa Linnaeus, 1758: 440 (subfamily Nepinae)
Nepa apiculata Uhler, 1862: 12 - Polhemus 1988a: 530; Sites and Polhemus 1994: 32-33, 38; Bright coll.; see also Hungerford 1922: 428-429
(syn.) Nepa cinerea Ferrari, 1888: 189

Ranatra Fabricius, 1790: 227 (subfamily Ranatrinae)
Ranatra fusca Palisot de Beauvois, 1820: 235 - Polhemus 1988a: 531; Sites and Polhemus 1994: 33-34, 38; Bright coll.; see also Hungerford 1922: 444-445
(syn.) Nepa 4-dentata [sic] Uhler, 1872: 471
(syn.) Ranatra quadridentata Uhler, 1876: 72
(syn.) Ranatra americana Montandon, 1910a: 65
Ranatra kirkaldyi Torre-Bueno, 1905b: 187 - Polhemus 1988a: 531; Sites and Polhemus 1994: 34-35, 38; Bright coll.; see also Hungerford 1922: 440-442
(misid.) Ranatra fusca Montandon 1910a: 63
Ranatra nigra Herrich-Schaeffer, 1849: 32 - Sites and Polhemus 1994: 35, 38; Bright coll.
(misid.) Ranatra fusca Uhler, 1876: 72
(syn.) Ranatra protensa Montandon, 1910a: 185

NOTONECTIDAE Leach, 1815: 124 (Backswimmers)

Buenoa Kirkaldy, 1904: 120
Buenoa confusa Truxal, 1953: 1453 - Truxel 1953: 1453-1459; Polhemus and Polhemus 1988e: 534
(syn.) Anisops elegans Torre-Bueno, 1905a: 46
(comb.syn.) Buenoa elegans Torre-Bueno 1908: 238
Buenoa limnocastoris Hungerford, 1923: 150 - Truxel 1953: 1450-1453; Polhemus and Polhemus 1988e: 535
Buenoa macrotibialis Hungerford, 1924c: 225 - Hungerford 1924: 225; Truxel 1953: 1446-1449; Polhemus and Polhemus 1988e: 535
Buenoa margaritacea Torre-Bueno, 1908: 238 - Truxel 1953: 1397-1404; Polhemus and Polhemus 1988e: 535
(syn.) Anisops platycnemis Uhler, 1884: 253

Notonecta Linnaeus, 1758: 439
Notonecta borealis Hussey, 1919: 15 - Hussey 1919: 15; Hungerford 1933: 95-97
Notonecta insulata Kirby, 1837: 285 - Hungerford 1933: 84-87
(syn.) Notonecta rugosa Fieber, 1851c: 476
(syn.) Notonecta rugosa var. bicolor Fieber, 1851c: 476
(syn.) Notonecta rugosa var. plagiata Fieber, 1851c: 476
(syn.) Notonecta rugosa var. cordigera Fieber, 1851c: 476
(syn.) Notonecta impressa Kirkaldy, 1897a: 403 (not Fieber)
(syn.) Notonecta insulata var. geala Kirkaldy, 1897a: 404
(syn.) Notonecta insulata var. odara Kirkaldy, 1897a: 404
Notonecta irrorata Uhler, 1878: 443 - Hungerford 1933: 92-95; Polhemus and Polhemus 1988e: 538
Notonecta lunata Hungerford, 1926d: 12 - Polhemus and Polhemus 1988e: 539; see also Hungerford 1933: 107-109
(preocc.) Notonecta variabilis var. maculata Fieber, 1851c: 477
(syn.) Notonecta americana Smith, 1900: 144
Notonecta undulata Say, 1832: 39 - Hungerford 1933: 117-123 - Polhemus and Polhemus 1988e: 540
(syn.) Notonecta punctata Fieber, 1851c: 476
(syn.) Notonecta undulata var. charon Kirkaldy, 1897a: 411

PLEIDAE Fieber, 1851b: 27 (Pygmy backswimmers)

Neoplea Esaki & China, 1928: 166
Neoplea striola (Fieber, 1844: 296 as Plea) - Polhemus 1988b: 609; Bright coll.

SALDIDAE Amyot & Serville, 1843: xlix (Shore bugs)
This is a tenative list, based on the author's search for records in the UMMZ-Insect Division collection on August 20, 2003 (most identified by R. F. Hussey, C. J. Drake, and T. Schuh), and distribution citations in Henry and Froeschner (1988).

Micracanthia Reuter, 1912: 16 (Saldinae)
Micracanthia bergrothi (Jakovlev, 1883: 304 as Salda) - Polhemus 1988c: 674
(syn.) Micracanthia ripula Drake, 1957: 142
Micracanthia fennica (Reuter, 1884: 171 as Salda) - northern Nearctic, expect in northern MI (Polhemus 1988c: 674)
Micracanthia floridana Drake & Chapman 1953b: 64 - UMMZ records; Polhemus 1988c: 674
Micracanthia humilis (Say, 1832: 35 as Acanthia) - UMMZ records

Pentacora Reuter, 1912: 10 (Chiloxanthinae)
Pentacora ligata (Say, 1832: 34 as Acanthia) - Polhemus 1988c: 668
(syn.) Salda pellita Uhler, 1877: 433
(syn.) Salda vagator Snow, 1906: 153 [nom.nud.]
(comb.) Salda hirta Lethierry and Severin 1896: 218
(comb.syn.) Saldula pellita Van Duzee, 1916: 50
(comb.syn.) Pentacora pellita Torre-Bueno 1923b: 411

Salda Fabricius, 1803: 113 (Saldinae)
Salda anthracina Uhler, 1877: 438 - Polhemus 1988c: 669
(comb.) Acanthia anthracina Kirkaldy & Torre-Bueno 1909: 175
(comb.) Lampracanthia anthracina Torre-Bueno 1923b: 416
Salda buenoi (McDunnough, 1925: 259 as Saldula) - Polhemus 1988c: 669-670
(syn.) Salda lugubris Strickland 1953: 203
Salda littoralis (Linnaeus, 1758: 442 as Cimex) - IL?, IN? (expect in n. UP, Nearctic and Palaearctic)
(comb.) Acanthia littoralis Kirkaldy & Torre-Bueno 1909: 177
Salda lugubris (Say, 1832: 34 as Acanthia) - Polhemus 1988c: 670
(syn.) Salda major Provancher, 1872: 107
(syn.) Salda lugubris Uhler, 1876: 67
(syn.) Salda deplanata Uhler, 1877: 442
(comb.syn.) Acanthia deplanata Kirkaldy & Torre-Bueno 1909: 176
(syn.) Acanthia major Kirkaldy & Torre-Bueno, 1909: 177
(comb.) Saldula lugubris Van Duzee 1916: 50
(comb.syn.) Saldula major Van Duzee 1916: 50
note: Henry and Froeschner (1998: 670) note that some older specimens noted as Salda coriacea Uhler, 1872 may be this species
Salda obscura Provancher, 1872: 107 - Polhemus 1988c: 670
(comb.) Acanthia obscura Kirkaldy and Torre-Bueno 1909: 177
(syn.) Salda littoralis Van Duzee, 1916: 50 [in part]
(comb.syn.) Saldula (Acanthia) obscura McDunnough 1925: 257
(syn.) Saldula major Van Duzee, 1916: 50
Salda provancheri Kelton & Lattin, 1968: 664 - Polhemus 1988c: 670-671
(syn., nom.nud.) Acanthia coriacea Rathvon, 1869: 550
(syn.) Salda coriacea Uhler, 1872: 421
(syn.) Sciodopterus bouchervillei Provancher, 1888: 192
(comb.syn.) Acanthia bouchervillei Kirkaldy & Torre-Bueno 1909: 175
(comb.syn.) Acanthia coriacea Kirkaldy & Torre-Bueno 1909: 176
(comb.syn.) Lampracanthia coriacea Torre-Bueno 1923c: 150
(comb.syn.) Salda bouchervillei Hussey 1948: 153

Saldoida Osborn, 1901: 181 (Saldinae)
Saldoida turbaria Schuh, 1967: 12 - Schuh 1967: 12

Saldula Van Duzee, 1914: 32 (Saldinae)
Saldula ablusa Drake & Hottes, 1954: 6 - Polhemus 1988c: 676
Saldula bouchervillei (Provancher, 1872: 106 as Sciodopterus) - Polhemus 1988c: 677; UMMZ specimens
(syn.) Salda separata Uhler, 1878: 432
(comb.) Acanthia bouchervillei Kirkaldy & Torre-Bueno 1909: 175
(comb.syn.) Acanthia separata Kirkaldy & Torre-Bueno 1909: 178
(syn.) Saldula illinoiensis Drake, 1949: 2
(comb.) Salda bouchervillei Drake 1952: 145
Saldula confluenta (Say, 1832: 35 as Acanthia) - Polhemus 1988c: 677-678
Saldula nigrita Parshley, 1921: 23 - Polhemus 1988c: 679; UMMZ specimens
Saldula opacula (Zetterstedt, 1840: 268 as Salda) - Polhemus 1988c: 679; UMMZ specimens
Saldula orbiculata (Uhler, 1877: 450 as Salda) - Polhemus 1988c: 680; UMMZ specimens
(comb.) Acanthia orbiculata Kirkaldy & Torre-Bueno 1909: 177
Saldula pallipes (Fabricius, 1794: 71 as Acanthia) - Polhemus 1988c: 680; UMMZ specimens
(syn.) Acanthia interstitialis Say, 1825: 324
(comb.syn.) Salda interstitialis Uhler 1871: 105
(comb.) Salda pallipes Uhler 1877: 446
(syn.) Salda reperta Uhler, 1877: 447
(comb.syn.) Saldula interstitialis Van Duzee 1914: 50
(comb.syn.) Saldula reperta Van Duzee 1916: 50
(syn.) Saldula chipetae Drake & Hottes, 1955: 6
Saldula palustris (Douglas, 1874: 10 as Salda) - Polhemus 1988c: 680-681
Saldula saltatoria (Linnaeus, 1758: 448 as Cimex) - Polhemus 1988c: 681 (notes that some records may pertain to undescribed species)
(comb.) Acanthia saltatoria Stål 1873: 149
(comb.) Salda saltatoria Uhler 1876: 68
(syn.) Saldula c-album Drake & Hottes, 1950: 59

Teloleuca Reuter, 1912: 17 (Saldinae)
Teloleuca bifasciata (Thomson, 1871: 404 as Salda) - boreal, expect in UP (Polhemus 1988c: 671)
(syn.) Acanthia bellatrix Torre-Bueno, 1924a: 298
Teloleuca pellucens (Fabricius, 1779: 234 as Acanthia) - ON, northern, expect in UP (Polhemus 1988c: 671-672)
(syn.) Salda elongata Uhler, 1877: 448
(comb.syn.) Acanthia elongata Kirkaldy & Torre-Bueno 1909: 176
(syn.) Chartoscirta (Chartolampra) cursitans Torre-Bueno, 1923c: 151
(syn.) Acanthia celeripedis Torre-Bueno, 1924a: 296
(comb.syn.) Salda celeripedis Strickland 1953: 202

VELIIDAE Amyot & Serville, 1843: 418 (Smaller water striders, riffle bugs)

Microvelia Westwood, 1834: 647 (subfamily Microveliinae)
Microvelia (Microvelia) albonotata Champion, 1898: 129 - Smith 1988d: 737; UMMZ records
(syn.) Rhagovelia capitata Torre-Bueno, 1908: 233
Microvelia (Kirkaldya) americana (Uhler, 1884: 274 as Hebrus)- Smith 1988d: 736; UMMZ records
Microvelia (Microvelia) buenoi Drake, 1920a: 20 - Smith 1988d: 737; UMMZ records
Microvelia (Microvelia) fontinalis Torre-Bueno, 1916: 58 - Smith 1988d: 738; UMMZ records
Microvelia (Microvelia) hinei Drake, 1920b: 207 - Smith 1988d: 738; UMMZ record
(syn.) Microvelia borealis Hungerford, 1920: 137
Microvelia (Microvelia) pulchella Westwood, 1834: Pl. 6, fig. 5 - Smith 1988d: 738-739; UMMZ
(syn.) Microvelia capitata Guérin-Méneville, 1857: 174
(syn.) Rhagovelia incerta Kirby, 1890: 548
(syn.) Microvelia robusta Uhler, 1894a: 219
(syn.) Microvelia incerta Kirkaldy, 1899: 95
(syn.) Microvelia borealis Torre-Bueno, 1916: 59
[Note: there is a Michigan record in the UMMZ-Insect Division collection for Microvelia (Microvelia) portociensis Hussey, 1955: 120 (synonom of Microvelia cubana Drake, 1951: 41), which has a distribution from Florida, Cuba and the Dominican Republic. Although this species can be widely distributed by hurricanes and other weather patterns, this record, far outside its known distribution, should be considered doubtful until thoroughly checked].

Rhagovelia Mayr, 1865: 445 (subfamily Rhagoveliinae)
Rhagovelia (Rhagovelia) obesa Uhler, 1871: 107 - UMMZ records; Smith 1988d: 740; Polhemus 1997: 349-350, 358
(syn.) Rhagovelia arctoa Torre-Bueno, 1924b: 250
(syn.) Rhagovelia flavicincta Torre-Bueno, 1924b: 249
Rhagovelia (Rhagovelia) oriander Parshley, 1922: 19 - UMMZ records; Smith 1988d: 740; Polhemus 1997: 350-351, 359

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Page edits:
December 21, 2017

• Added Palmacorixa janeae Brooks as a likely species to be found in Michigan, based on specimens collected in Wisconsin by Gerald Shepard and Kurt Schmude
June 04, 2017

• Updated species list with citations, numerous corrections to entries, added taxonomic citations to reference section
January 07, 2013

• Removed Limnoporus rufoscutellatus from list as a likely candidate, as this Palearctic species it is found in northwestern North America
• Added Belostoma testaceum to Michigan list, cited in Polhemus et al. 1988a
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