Aquarius amplus
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Aquarius amplus is a species in the family Gerridae, order Hemiptera.
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Quick facts about Aquarius amplus
- Weight
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- Length
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- Lifespan
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- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
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- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
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Where does Aquarius amplus live?
Not recorded
Is Aquarius amplus endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is Aquarius amplus classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderHemiptera
- familyGerridae
- genusAquarius
- SpeciesAquarius amplus (Drake & Harris, 1938)
Synonyms Gerris ampla, Gerris ampla ampla, Gerris ampla arizonensis, Gerris amplus, Gerris amplus amplus, Gerris amplus arizonensis
Relatives of Aquarius amplus
Other species in the same genus Aquarius.
River skater
Aquarius najas
North American common water strider
Aquarius remigis
Lake pondskater
Aquarius paludum
Giant water strider
Aquarius elongatus
CompareAquarius amplus vs River skaterAquarius amplus vs North American common water striderAquarius amplus vs Lake pondskaterAquarius amplus vs Giant water strider
Common questions
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What kind of animal is Aquarius amplus?
Aquarius amplus (Aquarius amplus) belongs to the family Gerridae in the order Hemiptera.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Oliveira, B.F., São-Pedro, V.A., Santos-Barrera, G., Penone, C. & Costa, G.C. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Scientific Data 4: 170123. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.123. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4644424.v5 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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