• Gigantometra is a monotypic genus of water-strider bugs, containing the species Gigantometra gigas: its name indicating that it is the largest species...
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    appears to be reversed in the largest species, the relatively poorly known Gigantometra gigas of streams in northern Vietnam and adjacent southern China. It...
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    94 in), roughly the same as certain Cylindrostethus, and second only to Gigantometra gigas. There are 17 species in the genus Aquarius: Aquarius adelaidis...
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    comparably large sizes. The largest total length of any hemipteran belongs to Gigantometra gigas (the largest species of water strider), which has a leg span of...
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    striders increase in size, their legs become proportionately longer, with Gigantometra gigas having a length of over 20 cm requiring a surface tension force...
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  • Matsuda, 1958 g Gerris Fabricius, 1794 i c g b Gerrisella Poisson, 1940 d Gigantometra (China, 1925) d Halobates Eschscholtz, 1822 i c g b Iobates Polhemus...
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    containing over 160 species in 12 genera. Aquarius Gerris Gerrisella Gigantometra Limnogonus Limnometra Limnoporus Neogerris Tenagogerris Tenagogonus Tenagometra...
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    weaker adults often fall victim to this. Source: Gerrini Aquarius Gerris Gigantometra Limnogonus Limnoporus Neogerris Tenagogonus Tachygerrini Tachygerris...
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