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 nomenclat ...
and Synaptogobiinae with one genus.
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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]
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