Genus Micronecta Kirkaldy, 1897
- Micronecta Kirkaldy, G.W. 1897. Synonymic notes on aquatic Rhynchota. The Entomologist 30: 258-260 [260] [replacement name for
Sigara Fabricius, 1775 sensu Leach, 1817; generic and type species placed on Official Lists, Opinion 739/1965].Type species:
Notonecta minutissima Linnaeus, 1758 by original designation.
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Cosmopolitan.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Pilbara (PIL), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Stony Plains (STP), Wet Tropics (WT) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Murchison (MUR), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Yalgoo (YAL) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA: Burt Plain (BRT), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Sturt Plateau (STU) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Victoria Bonaparte (VB) ; NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pine Creek (PCK) ; NT, WA: Ord Victoria Plain (OVP)
Distribution References
General References
Chen, L.-C. 1965. A revision of Micronecta of Australia and Melanesia (Heteroptera: Corixidae). Kansas University Science Bulletin 46: 147-165 (Australia)
Hale, H.M. 1922. Studies in Australian aquatic Hemiptera, No. I. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 2: 309-330 [323] (description)
Jaczewski, T. 1937. Allgemeine Züge der geographischen Verbreitung der Wasserhemipteren. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 31: 565-591 [584, 586, 589] (taxonomy)
Jansson, A. 1986. The Corixidae (Heteroptera) of Europe and some adjacent regions. Acta Entomologica Fennica 47: 1-94 [8-19] (Palaearctic Region)
Kanyukova, E.V. 1990. Keys to aquatic and semiaquatic bugs (Heteroptera) of the Mongolian People's Republic. Nasekomye Mongolii 11: 10-24 [In Russian] [13] (Russia)
Linnavuori, R.E. 1981. Hemiptera of Nigeria, with remarks on some species of the adjacent countries 1. The aquatic and semiaquatic families, Saldidae and Leptopodidae. Acta Entomologica Fennica 37: 1-39 [2-4] (Afrotropical Region)
Poisson, R. 1951. Ordre des Hétéroptères. (Heteroptera Latreille, 1810—Frontirostres Fallén, 1814). pp. 1657-1803 in Grassé, P.P. (ed.). Traité de Zoologie: Anatomie, Systématique, Biologie. Insectes supérieurs et Hémiptéroides. Paris : Masson & Cie Vol. 10. [1753] (list)
Štys, P. & Jansson, A. 1988. Check-list of recent family-group and genus-group names of Nepomorpha (Heteroptera) of the world. Acta Entomologica Fennica 50: 1-44 [18] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement subgeneric arrangement not followed, placement of Australian species in subgeneric system uncertain)
Usinger, R.L. 1963. Aquatic Hemiptera. pp. 182-228 in Usinger, R.L. (ed.). Aquatic Insects of California with keys to North American genera and California species. Berkeley : University of California Press. [191] (key)
Villiers, A. 1952. Initiations Africaines. IX. Hémiptères de l'Afrique Noire (Punaiseset cigales). Institut Français d'Afrique Noire-Dakar 9: 1-256 [208] (Afrotropical Region)
Wróblewski, A. 1970. Notes on Australian Micronectinae (Heteroptera: Corixidae). Bulletin de L'Academie Polonaise des Sciences 40: 681-703 (Australia)
Wróblewski, A. 1972. Supplementary notes on Australian Micronectinae (Heteroptera: Corixidae). Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 42: 517-526 (Australia)
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