North American Common Water Strider
Aquarius remigis (Say, 1832)
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Hexapoda |
| Class | Insecta |
| Order | Hemiptera |
| Family | Gerridae |
| Genus | Aquarius |
| Species | Aquarius remigis (Say, 1832) |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Stygoxene
- Realm
- Aquatic
Distribution
Range
Known from five counties across four states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Arkansas, Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma
Counties
- Arkansas
- Izard
- Illinois
- La Salle, Union
- Missouri
- Jasper
- Oklahoma
- Delaware
Conservation and management
NatureServe
GNR Unranked
National ranks
- United States
- NNR
- Canada
- N5 Secure
Subnational ranks
- South Carolina
- SNR Unranked
- Wyoming
- SNR Unranked
- Rhode Island
- SNR Unranked
- Montana
- SNR Unranked
- Oklahoma
- SNR Unranked
- Idaho
- SNR Unranked
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- SNR Unranked
- British Columbia
- SNR Unranked
- Ontario
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Nova Scotia
- SU Unrankable
- Prince Edward Island
- SU Unrankable
- Quebec
- SNR Unranked
- Yukon
- SU Unrankable
- Saskatchewan
- S4 Apparently Secure
- New Brunswick
- SU Unrankable
- Manitoba
- S4 Apparently Secure
- Alberta
- S4 Apparently Secure
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Fenolio, D.B., Niemiller, M.L., Slay, M.E. & Carter, E.T. 2018. Biological inventories of caves in the Ozarks of northeastern Oklahoma: December 2018 field report. Report to Oklahoma Biological Survey. San Antonio Zoo, San Antonio, Texas, USA. 25 pp.
- Garman, S. 1889. Cave animals from southwestern Missouri. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 17: 225–240. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4632250.
- McDaniel, V.R. & Smith, K.L. 1976. Cave fauna of Arkansas: selected invertebrate taxa. Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science 30: 57–60. https://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol30/iss1/22.
- Webb, D.W., Taylor, S.J. & Krejca, J.K. 1993. The biological resources of Illinois caves and other subterranean environments. Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, Illinois, USA. 143 pp.
How to cite this account
Aquarius remigis (Say, 1832). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2203. https://cavebiology.org/species/aquarius-remigis/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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