Micronectidae

Family of true bugs

Corixidae
Micronecta scholtzi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Infraorder: Nepomorpha
Family: Micronectidae
Jaczewski, 1924
Subfamilies, Genera
  • Micronectinae Jaczewski, 1924
    • Austronecta Tinerella, 2013
    • Micronecta Kirkaldy, 1897
    • Monogobia Nieser & P.P. Chen, 2006
    • Papuanecta Tinerella, 2008
    • Synaptonecta Lundblad, 1933
    • Tenagobia Bergroth, 1899
  • Synaptogobiinae Nieser & Chen, 2006
    • Synaptogobia Nieser & Chen, 2006

Micronectidae is a family of water boatmen often referred to as pygmy water boatmen. They were originally classified as a subfamily under Corixidae but were raised to family level by Nieser (2002).[1]

There are two subfamilies, Micronectinae with 6 genera and Synaptogobiinae with one genus.[2][3]

Subfamilies and genera

  • Micronectinae
    • Austronecta Tinerella, 2013
    • Micronecta Kirkaldy, 1897
    • Monogobia Nieser & Chen, 2006
    • Papuanecta Tinerella, 2008
    • Synaptonecta Lundblad, 1933
    • Tenagobia Bergroth, 1899
  • Synaptogobiinae
    • Synaptogobia Nieser & Chen, 2006

Data sources: i = ITIS,[2] c = Catalogue of Life,[4] g = GBIF,[5] b = Bugguide.net[6]

References

  1. ^ Nieser, Nico (2002). "Guide to aquatic Heteroptera of Singapore and Peninsular Malaysia. IV. Corixoidea" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 50 (1): 263–274.
  2. ^ a b "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2022-12-07.
  3. ^ "Micronectidae Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
  4. ^ "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2022-12-07.
  5. ^ "GBIF". Retrieved 2022-12-07.
  6. ^ "Micronectidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2022-12-07.

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
  • Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian, eds. (1995). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, vol. 1: Enicocephalomorpha, Dipsocoromorpha, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha and Leptopodomorpha. The Netherlands Entomological Society. ISBN 90-71912-12-4.
  • Bantock, T.; Botting, J. (2013). "British Bugs, an online identification guide to UK Hemiptera". Retrieved 2018-04-20.
  • Blatchley, W.S. (1926). Heteroptera, or true bugs of eastern North America, with especial reference to the faunas of Indiana and Florida. Nature Publishing. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.6871.
  • Henry, Thomas J.; Froeschner, Richard C., eds. (1988). Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States. E. J. Brill. ISBN 0-916846-44-X.
  • Majka, C. (2009). "Thomas L. Casey and Rhode Island". ZooKeys (22): 267–283. doi:10.3897/zookeys.22.93.
  • Stys, Pavel; Jansson, Antti (1988). "Check-list of recent family-group and genus-group names of Nepomorpha (Heteroptera) of the world". Acta Entomologica Fennica. 50: 1–44. ISSN 0001-561X.
  • Walker, Francis (1871). Catalogue of the Specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the Collection of the British Museum, pt. IV. British Museum. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.9254.
Taxon identifiers
Micronectinae


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