found: Andersen, N.M. The semiaquatic bugs (Hemiptera, Gerromorpha), 1982:p. 22 (Hebridae - velvet water bugs and sphagnum bugs)
found: ITIS, Feb. 10, 2001(Hebridae. Common name: velvet water bugs. Rank: family. Usage: valid. Order: Heteroptera)
found: Schuh, R.T. True bugs of the world (Hemiptera:Heteroptera), 1995:p. 90 (Hebridae. Sometimes referred to as velvet water bugs, hebrids are some of the smallest members of the Gerromorpha)
found: Dolling, W.R. The Hemiptera, 1991:p. 82 (Hebridae. Sphagnum bugs. Infraorder Gerromorpha)