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]
| Corixidae | |
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| Micronecta scholtzi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Infraorder: | Nepomorpha |
| Family: | Micronectidae Jaczewski, 1924 |
| Subfamilies, Genera | |
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There are two subfamilies, Micronectinae with 6 genera and Synaptogobiinae with one genus.[2][3]
Subfamilies and genera
edit- 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
edit- ^ Nieser, Nico (2002). "Guide to aquatic Heteroptera of Singapore and Peninsular Malaysia. IV. Corixoidea" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 50 (1): 263–274.
- ^ a b "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2022-12-07.
- ^ "Micronectidae Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
- ^ "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2022-12-07.
- ^ "GBIF". Retrieved 2022-12-07.
- ^ "Micronectidae Family Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
Further reading
edit- 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.
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