Dorsum flattened, dark colored, with transverse cross striations.
Scoop-shaped front legs, oarlike hind legs.
Small, <12 mm.
Aquatic insects that feed on algae and other minute organisms.
Species in the family Corixidae are separated from those in Notonectidae
by differences in their dorsal-ventral coloration, front legs, and behavior.
References:
Pages 112-113 in D. J. Borror and R. E. White. 1970. A Field Guide to the
Insects. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co.
Page 230 in J. A. Slater and R. M. Baranowski. 1978. How to Know the True
Bugs. Dubuque, Iowa: Wm. C. Brown Co. 256 p.
Page 140 in R. G. Bland and H. E. Jaques. 1978. How to Know the Insects,
3rd ed. Dubuque, Iowa: Wm. C. Brown Co. 409 p.
Page 295 in D. J. Borror, C. A. Triplehorn, and N. F. Johnson. 1989. An Introduction
to the Study of Insects, 6th ed. Philadelphia: Saunders College Publishing.
875 p.
Page 425 in H. V. Daly, J. T. Doyen, and A. H. Purcell III. 1998. Introduction
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