-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

-Insects (Class Insecta)

-Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

-​True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and Allies (Order Hemiptera)

-True Bugs (Suborder Heteroptera)​

-​​Semiaquatic Bugs (Infraorder Gerromorpha)

-Water Striders and Ripple Bugs (Superfamily Gerroidea)

-Water Striders (Family Gerridae)

-Typical Water Striders (Subfamily Gerrinae)

-Tribe Tachygerrini

-Genus Tachygerris

The Gerridae are a family of insects in the order Hemiptera, commonly known as water striders. Feeding on small insects, dead or alive,Gerridae are predator feeders. Gerridae uses the small hairs on its body and legs for moving across the water surface.