Gerromorpha
The Gerromorpha comprise an infraorder of insects in the "true bug" order Hemiptera. These "typical" bugs are commonly called semiaquatic bugs or shore-inhabiting bugs. The Ochteroidea.
Systematics
The eight family families usually recognized are arranged in four superfamilies. The two small or monotypic ones of these are basal lineages; the two larger ones form a more advanced clade. The phylogenetic sequence of superfamilies and families of the Gerromorpha is:;Mesovelioidea - water treaders
Hebroidea
- Hebridae - velvet bugs
- Macroveliidae
[Hydrometroidea]
- Paraphrynoveliidae
- Hydrometridae - water measurers