Curicta (bug)

Curicta is a genus of waterscorpions in the family Nepidae native to freshwater habitats in the Americas. There are more than 15 species, with most restricted to South America.^[1][2] There are only two species in the United States: C. pronotata (Arizona to Texas) and C. scorpio (Louisiana and Texas).^[1]

Curicta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Nepidae
Subfamily:	Nepinae
Genus:	Curicta Stål, 1861

Species

There are more than 15 species in the genus Curicta,^[1][2] including:

• Curicta montei De Carlo, 1960 ^g
• Curicta pronotata Kuitert, 1949 ^{i c g b}
• Curicta scorpio Stål, 1862 ^{i c g b}

Data sources: i = ITIS,^[3] c = Catalogue of Life,^[4] g = GBIF,^[5] b = Bugguide.net^[6]