Micronectidae is a family of water boatmen often referred to as pygmy water boatmen. They were originally classified as a subfamily under
Corixidae
Corixidae is a family of aquatic insects in the order Hemiptera. They are found worldwide in virtually any freshwater habitat and a few species live in saline water. There are about 500 known species worldwide, in 55 genera, including the genus ...
but were raised to family level by Nieser (2002).
There are two subfamilies, Micronectinae with 6
genera
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial ...
and Synaptogobiinae with one genus.
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Subfamilies and genera
* Micronectinae
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).
There are two subfamilies, Micronectinae with 6 ...
** '' Austronecta'' Tinerella, 2013
** ''Micronecta
''Micronecta'' is a genus of aquatic insects in the family Micronectidae (formerly in Corixidae).
References
''Micronecta''at Fauna Europaea Fauna Europaea is a database of the scientific names and distribution of all living multicellular Euro ...
'' Kirkaldy, 1897
** '' Monogobia'' Nieser & Chen, 2006
** '' Papuanecta'' Tinerella, 2008
** ''Synaptonecta
''Synaptonecta'' is a genus of water boatmen in the family Corixidae
Corixidae is a family of aquatic insects in the order Hemiptera. They are found worldwide in virtually any freshwater habitat and a few species live in saline water. There ar ...
'' Lundblad, 1933
** '' Tenagobia'' Bergroth, 1899
* Synaptogobiinae
** '' Synaptogobia'' Nieser & Chen, 2006
Data sources: i = ITIS,[ c = Catalogue of Life,][ g = GBIF,][ b = Bugguide.net]
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