Nepa cinerea
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Nepidae |
| Subfamily: | Nepinae
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| Genus: | Nepa |
| Species: | N. cinerea
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Nepa cinerea is a species of
water scorpion (Nepidae), found in most of Europe, including the British Isles, as well as North Africa and southern and northern Asia.[2]
Habitat and Biology
It lives in
stagnant water, and feeds upon aquatic animals, especially insects
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tracheae at the apex of the abdomen when the tip of the tube is thrust above the surface of the water. In immature forms, the siphon is undeveloped and breathing takes place through six pairs of abdominal spiracles
. The eggs, laid in the stems of plants, are supplied with seven filamentous processes which float freely in the water.
References
- ^ "Nepa cinerea" at the Encyclopedia of Life
- ^ S.L. Keffer; J.T. Polhemus; J.E. McPherson (1990). "What Is Nepa hoffmanni (Heteroptera: Nepidae)? Male Genitalia Hold the Answer, and Delimit Species Groups". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 98 (2): 154–162.
External links
Media related to Nepa cinerea at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Nepa cinerea at Wikispecies
