Notonecta indica
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Notonecta indica is a species in the family Notonectidae, order Hemiptera.
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Quick facts about Notonecta indica
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
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- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does Notonecta indica live?
Not recorded
Is Notonecta indica 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 Notonecta indica classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderHemiptera
- familyNotonectidae
- genusNotonecta
- SpeciesNotonecta indica Linnaeus, 1771
Synonyms Notonecta howardii
Relatives of Notonecta indica
Other species in the same genus Notonecta.
Water boatman
Notonecta glauca
Spotted backswimmer
Notonecta maculata
Kirby's backswimmer
Notonecta kirbyi
Grousewinged backswimmer
Notonecta undulata
CompareNotonecta indica vs Water boatmanNotonecta indica vs Spotted backswimmerNotonecta indica vs Kirby's backswimmerNotonecta indica vs Grousewinged backswimmer
Common questions
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What kind of animal is Notonecta indica?
Notonecta indica (Notonecta indica) belongs to the family Notonectidae 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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CreatureData. (2026). Notonecta indica (Notonecta indica). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/notonecta-indica
“Notonecta indica (Notonecta indica).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/notonecta-indica.
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