Gerrinae

Gerrinae
Gerris lacustris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Gerridae
Subfamily: Gerrinae
Leach, 1815

Gerrinae is a subfamily of water striders consists of thirteen extant genera in two tribes and three fossil genera. The subfamily includes some of the best-known species of Gerridae and the largest species, Gigantometra gigas.