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 six genera and Synaptogobiinae with one genus.

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, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). (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). .
  • Blatchley, W.S. (1926). . Nature Publishing. doi:.
  • 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). . ZooKeys (22): 267–283. doi:.
  • 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 .
  • Walker, Francis (1871). Catalogue of the Specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the Collection of the British Museum, pt. IV. British Museum. doi:.

External links

  • Media related to Micronectidae at Wikimedia Commons