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Gerris lacustris (Common Pond Skater)

Synonyms: Cimex lacustris (homotypic); Gerris brevirostris

Wikipedia Abstract

Gerris lacustris, commonly known as the common pond skater or common water strider, is a species of water strider, found across Europe.
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Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Central & Western Europe Austria, Belgium, Byelarus, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom Palearctic Temperate Floodplain River and Wetlands    
Upper Danube Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland Palearctic Temperate Floodplain River and Wetlands    

Ecosystems

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Predators

Notonecta glauca (Water boatman)[1]
Notonecta obliqua[1]
Pirata piraticus (Spider)[1]
Ranatra linearis (Water Stick Insect)[1]
Velia caprai[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Ecology of Commanster
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0