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{{Short description|Infraorder of true bugs}}
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| image = Zapateiro 508eue.jpg
| image_caption = ''[[Hygrotechuis conformis]]'' (Gerroidea: [[Gerridae]]) feeding on a drowned [[hymenoptera]]n
| taxon = Gerromorpha
| authority = [[Yuri Alexandrovich Popov|Popov]], 1971&nbsp;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zsi.gov.in/zoological-survey-of-india/zsi-data/checklist/Checklist%20of%20Gerromorpha%20%28Hemiptera%20Insecta%29.pdf |title=Checklist of Gerromorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of India |author=G. Thirumalai |publisher=[[Zoological Survey of India]] }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
| subdivision_ranks = Superfamilies
| subdivision = 
Gerroidea<br />
[[Hebroidea]]<br />
[[Hydrometroidea]]<br />
[[Mesovelioidea]]
}}

The '''Gerromorpha''' comprise an [[infraorder]] of [[insects]] in the "true bug" [[order (biology)|order]] [[Hemiptera]]. These "typical" bugs ([[suborder]] [[Heteroptera]]) are commonly called '''semiaquatic bugs''' or '''shore-inhabiting bugs'''. The [[Ochteroidea]] (infraorder [[Nepomorpha]] are also found in shore habitat, while the Gerromorpha are actually most often encountered running around on the water surface, being kept from sinking by [[surface tension]] and their [[hydrophobic|water-repellent]] legs. Well-known members of the Gerromorpha are the namesake [[Gerridae]] (water striders).

==Systematics==
The eight [[family (biology)|family]] families usually recognized are arranged in four [[Superfamily (zoology)|superfamilies]]. The two small or [[monotypic]] ones of these are [[basal (evolution)|basal]] lineages; the two larger ones form a more advanced [[clade]]. The [[phylogenetic]] sequence of superfamilies and families of the Gerromorpha is:<ref>ToL (1995)</ref>
;[[Mesovelioidea]] &ndash; water treaders
* [[Madeoveliidae]] (sometimes included in Mesoveliidae)
* [[Mesoveliidae]]
===Hebroidea===
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* [[Hebridae]] &ndash; velvet bugs
* [[Macroveliidae]]

===[[Hydrometroidea]]===
* [[Paraphrynoveliidae]]
* [[Hydrometridae]] &ndash; water measurers
===[[Gerroidea]]===
* [[Hermatobatidae]]
* [[Gerridae]] &ndash; water striders
* [[Veliidae]] &ndash; riffle bugs

==References==
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==Further reading==
* [[Tree of Life Web Project]] (ToL) (1995): [http://tolweb.org/Gerromorpha/10811/1995.01.01 Gerromorpha. Water striders, water measurers, velvet water bugs, and water treaders]. Version of 1995-JAN-01. Retrieved 2008-JUL-28.
* [[Tree of Life Web Project]] (ToL) (2005): [http://tolweb.org/Heteroptera/10805/2005.01.01 Heteroptera. True bugs]. Version of 2005-JAN-01. Retrieved 2008-JUL-28.
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