title: Gerroidea
text: # Gerroidea
  
  Gerroidea is a superfamily of semiaquatic bugs in the order Hemiptera. There are at least 3 families and more than 2,000 described species in Gerroidea.
  
  ## Families
  
  These three families belong to the superfamily Gerroidea:
  
  * Gerridae Leach, 1815 (water striders)
  * Hermatobatidae Coutière & Martin, 1901
  * Veliidae Amyot & Serville, 1843 (smaller water striders or riffle bugs)
  