Genus Microvelia Westwood, 1834
- Mirovelia Westwood, J.O. 1834. Mémoire sur le genres Xylocoris, Hylophila, Microphysa, Leptopus, Velia, Microvelia et Hebrus; avec quelques observations sur les Amphibicorisiae de M. Dufour et sur l'état imparfait, mais identique de certaines espèces. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 3: 637-653 [Pl. 6, fig. 5].
Type species:
Microvelia pulchella Westwood, 1834 by monotypy, see Drake, C.J. & Hussey, R.F. 1955. Concerning the genus Microvelia Westwood, with descriptions of two new species and a check-list of the American forms (Hemiptera: Veliidae). The Florida Entomologist 38: 95–115 [96-98]. - Hydroessa Burmeister, H. 1835. Handbuch der Entomologie. Zweiter Band: II Ordnung Rhynchota. Berlin : Theod. Ehr. Friedr. Enslin iv 400 pp. [213] [junior homonym].
Type species:
Hydroessa reticulata Burmeister, 1835 by monotypy. - Veliomorpha Carlini, A. de 1895. Rincoti. 103–126 in, Esplorazoine del Giuba e dei suoi affluenti. Compiuta dal Cap. V. Bottego durante gli anni 1892-93. Sotto gli auspicii della Società geographica italiana Risultati zoologici. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 2 35: 1-558 [120].
Type species:
Veliomorpha maculata Carlini, 1895 by monotypy. - Picaultia Distant, W.L. 1913. Rhynchota. Part I: Suborder Heteroptera. In Gardiner, J.S. (ed.) The Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905, under the leadership of Mr. J. Stanley Gardiner, M.A. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 2 16: 139-191 pls 11-13 [161] [junior homonym].
Type species:
Picaultia pronotalis Distant, 1913 by monotypy.
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Palaearctic Region—China, Japan; Oriental Region—Burma, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sumatra; Melanesia—New Guinea, New Caledonia; Polynesia—Hawaiian Ils.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB) ; NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic: Flinders (FLI) ; NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Other Regions
Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater, Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater
Distribution References
Details of nominate subgenus, not present in Australia
Microvelia Westwood, 1834
Taxonomy: Synonyms and Associated Data
Microvelia Westwood, 1834
Westwood, J.O. 1834. Mémoire sur le genres Xylocoris, Hylophila, Microphysa, Leptopus, Velia, Microvelia et Hebrus; avec quelques observations sur les Amphibicorisiae de M. Dufour et sur l'état imparfait, mais identique de certaines espèces. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 3: 637-653 [647] [first introduced as a subgenus of Velia Latreille, 1804].
Type species: Velia (Microvelia) pulchella Westwood, 1834 by monotypy.
Hydroessa Burmeister, 1835
Burmeister, H. 1835. Handbuch der Entomologie. Zweiter Band: II Ordnung Rhynchota. Berlin : Theod. Ehr. Friedr. Enslin iv 400 pp. [213].
Type species: Hydroessa reticulata Burmeister, 1835 (=Velia pygmaea Dufour, 1833) by monotypy.
Veliomorpha Carlini, 1895
Carlini, A. de 1895. Rincoti. 103–126 in, Esplorazoine del Guiba e dei suoi affluenti. Compiuta dal Cap. V. Bottego durante gli anni 1892-93. Sotto gli auspicii della Società geographica italiana Risultati zoologici. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 'Giacomo Doria' 2 35: 1-558 [120].
Type species: Veliomorpha maculata Carlini, 1895 by monotypy.
Taxonomic decision for synonymy
Brullé, M.A. 1836. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes (Coléoptères, Orthoptères et Hémiptères), traitant de leur organization et de leurs moeurs en général. Paris : F.D. Pillot ix 415 pp. 56 pls [295] (synonymy of Hydroessa)
Andersen, N.M. 1982. The Semiaquatic Bugs (Hemiptera, Gerromorpha). Phylogeny, adaptations, biogeography and classification. Denmark : Scandinavian Science Press Entomonograph Vol. 3 455 pp. [411] (synonymy of Picaultia and Veliomorpha, also subgeneric arrangement, not followed in this work).
General References
Amyot, C.J.B. & Audinet-Serville, J.G. 1843. Histoire Naturelle des Insects. Hémiptères. Paris : Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Rue Hautefeuille 10 B13 676 pp. [421] (description)
Brooks, A.R. & Kelton, L.A. 1967. Aquatic and semiaquatic Heteroptera of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba (Hemiptera). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada 51: 1-92 [49] (key, description)
Distant, W.L. 1903. The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Rhynchota (Heteroptera). London : Taylor & Francis Vol. 2(1) x 242 pp. [174] (description, Oriental Region)
Froeschner, R.C. 1981. Heteroptera or true bugs of Ecuador: a partial catalog. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 1981(322): iv 1-147 [100] (Ecuador)
Froeschner, R.C. 1985. Synopsis of the Heteroptera or true bugs of the Galápagos Islands. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 407: iii 1-84 [56] (Galápagos Ils)
Hale, H.M. 1926. Studies in Australian aquatic Hemiptera. No. VII. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 3: 195-217 [206] (biology, description)
Lundblad, O. 1933. Zur Kenntnis der aquatilen und semiaquatilen Hemipteren von Sumatra, Java und Bali auf Grund des Materials der Deutschen Limnologischen Sunda-Expedition, nebst Revision einiger anderer, indoaustralischer Arten. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 12: 1-195, 263-489 [369] (list)
Polhemus, J.T. & Chapman, H.C. 1979. Family Veliidae/small water striders, water crickets, riffle bugs. pp. 49-57 in Menke, A.S. (ed.). The Semiaquatic and Aquatic Hemiptera of California (Heteroptera: Hemiptera). Berkeley : University of California Press. [51] (synonymy, description)
Polhemus, J.T. & Polhemus, D.A. 1994. Four new genera of Microveliinae (Heteroptera) from New Guinea. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 137: 57-74 (key)
Smith, C.L. 1988. Family Veliidae Amyot and Serville, 1843. The small water striders. pp. 734-742 in Henry, T.J. & Froeschner, R.C. (eds). Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States. Leiden : E.J. Brill xix 958 pp. [737] (Nearctic Region)
Smith, C.L. & Polhemus, J.T. 1978. The Veliidae of the United States, keys and checklists. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 80(1): 56-68 [60] (list)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 02-Mar-2017 | MICROVELIINAE | 10-Feb-2017 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Dec-2012 | 05-Dec-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 15-Aug-2012 | 15-Aug-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 20-Oct-2010 | 09-Aug-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |