† needle-bugn.Obsoleterare the water measurer Hydrometra stagnorum.
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1896 R. LydekkerRoyal Nat. Hist. VI. 191Limnobates stagnorum..is remarkable for its elongated slender body, whence its name of needle bug or water gnat.