Micronectidae

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]

Micronectidae
Micronecta scholtzi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Infraorder:	Nepomorpha
Family:	Micronectidae Jaczewski, 1924
Subfamilies and generaa
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

There are two subfamilies, Micronectinae with six 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]