Microvelia macgregori

Microvelia macgregori (female macropter), body length about 2.4 mm

Microvelia macgregori (apterous female), body length about 2.1 mm

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gerroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Paraneoptera Superordo: Condylognatha Ordo: Hemiptera Subordo: Heteroptera Infraordo: Gerromorpha Superfamilia: Gerroidea

Familia: Veliidae
Subfamilia: Microveliinae
Tribus: Microveliini
Genus: Microvelia
Subgenus: Microvelia (Pacificovelia)
Species: Microvelia macgregori

Name

Microvelia macgregori (Kirkaldy, 1899: 91)

• Original genus: Hydroessa

References

• Andersen, N.M. & Weir, T.A. 2003. The genus Microvelia Westwood in Australia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae). Invertebrate systematics 17(2): 261–348. DOI: 10.1071/IS02001 Reference page.  [See p. 332; 'comb. nov.']
• Don, A.W. 1967: Aspects of the biology of Microvelia macgregori Kirkaldy (Heteroptera: Veliidae). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (A), 42(10-12): 171–179. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.1967.tb00810.x BUGZ
• Kirkaldy, G.W. 1899: Sur quelques Hémiptères aquatiques nouveaux ou peu connus. Revue française d'entomologie, 18: 85–96. [in French, not seen]
• Kirkaldy, G.W. 1908: A heteropterous hemipteron of New Zealand. Microvelia macgregori (Kirk.) Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 40: 109. BUGZ
• Larivière, M.-C.; Larochelle, A. 2004: Heteroptera (Insecta: Hemiptera): catalogue. Fauna of New Zealand, (50)

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