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
Ranks looked up 2 July 2026. Conservation status changes, and a rank here is as current as that date and no more.
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. details
- 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. details
- 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.
This account was last revised 6 September 2026. Conservation ranks were looked up 2 July 2026.
How to cite this account
Aquarius remigis (Say, 1832). Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2203. https://cavebiology.org/species/aquarius-remigis/ (accessed 22 October 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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