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Definition of Genus corixa

1. Noun. Type genus of the Corixidae: boat bugs.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Corixa

Literary usage of Genus corixa

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the New York Entomological Society by New York Entomological Society (1905)
"Indeed, the true Waterbugs (Hemiptera) were generally rare, with the exception of the small soft-bodied genus Corixa, which was taken by one hundred and ten ..."

2. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1907)
"A number of species in the genus Corixa have been taken from time to time, but in the present chaotic condition of the American species of the genus it has ..."

3. Good Words by Norman Macleod (1880)
"There are many species of Water-Boatmen, but those which belong to the genus Corixa, and can be known by the flattened ends of their bodies, ..."

4. The Insect Book: A Popular Account of the Bees, Wasps, Ants, Grasshoppers by Leland Ossian Howard (1905)
"About forty species occur in the United States, all belonging to the genus Corixa. The full life history of none is known, and an easily made aquarium study ..."

5. An Introduction to the Modern Classification of Insects: Founded on the by John Obadiah Westwood (1840)
"The genus Corixa is distinguished by several peculiar characters; the prothorax being advanced behind over the scutellum : the body is flattened above. ..."

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