Four New Records of Gerroidea (hemiptera: Heteroptera) from Madhya Pradesh, India

Aquatic insects contribute significantly to freshwater ecosystems, forming food for many organisms, particularly in the food webs associated with wetland environments. Many fishes, amphibians, shorebirds, waterfowl, and other animals forage heavily on both the aquatic and terrestrial stages of aquatic insects, which are essential to their survival. It is estimated that about 3 % of the total insects are aquatic, spending at least a part of their life cycles in the water, and these comprise about 25,000 to 30,000 species (Cheng, 1976). Gerroidea is a superfamily of Gerromorpha, commonly called as semi-aquatic bugs or shore-inhabiting bugs, which can be easily recognized by their piercing and sucking mouth parts and the long antennae.