Abstract -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 2. Biology and ecology -- 3. Classification and phylogeny -- 4. Identification -- 5. Collecting methods and specimen preparation -- 6. Key to the families of Australian water bugs -- Infraorder gerromorpha -- 7. Family mesoveliidae -- 8. Family hebridae -- 9. Family hydrometridae -- 10. Family hermatobatidae -- 11. Family veliidae -- 12. Family gerridae -- Infraorder nepomorpha -- 13. Family nepidae -- 14. Family belostomatidae -- 15. Family corixidae -- 16. Family aphelocheiridae -- 17. Family naucoridae -- 18. Family ochteridae -- 19. Family gelastocoridae -- 20. Family notonectidae -- 21. Family pleidae
Summary
This handbook is the first comprehensive guide to identifying Australian water bugs providing an overview on all fifteen families, seventeen sub-families and fifty-five genera known to occur on mainland Australia, Tasmania and nearby islands
