Velvet water bug

Velvet water bugs
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Infraorder:	Gerromorpha
Superfamily:	Hebroidea
Family:	Hebridae
Genera
	subfamily Hebrinae genus Hebrometra; genus Hebrus; genus Lipogomphus; genus Merragata; genus Neotimasius; genus Timasius; ; subfamily Hyrcaninae genus Hyrcanus; ;

Velvet water bugs are members of the family Hebridae. They are semiaquatic insects that live among moss or ponds with an abundance of vegetation, in which they prey on small arthropods. Velvet water bugs are the smallest of the Gerromorpha, and have an appearance of tiny veliids. Hebrids sometimes move across water surfaces, but walk or run rather than skate or scull on the surface.

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