Micronecta Kirkaldy 1897
Creators: name: Tinerella, Paul P.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Corixidae
Micronecta

description: Key to the species of Micronecta Kirkaldy of New Guinea and Oceania   
1. Small species, length 1.8–2.5 mm.............................................................................................................2  
- Larger species, length 2.5–3.5 mm............................................................................................................3  
 2(1). Length 1.8–2.3 mm; synthlipsis narrower than width of eye; pronotal markings transverse medially, always present, of variable linear shapes (Figs. 16a–b); hemelytra with 2–3 longitudinal stripes; left male paramere with squared apex (Figs. 18a–d); widespread, India, east to Oceania................................ ................................................................................................................... M. ludibunda Breddin (pg. 29)   
 - Length 2.2–2.5 mm; synthlipsis slightly wider than width of eye; pronotal markings absent, with pale, narrow apical band spanning width (Figs. 16c–d); hemelytral markings restricted to medial portion, dark areas broad extending onto embolar area; left male paramere pointed apically, scales present on apical third (Figs. 22c–g); restricted to Fiji.............................................. M. jenniferae Tinerella (pg. 34)   
3(1). Length 2.5–3.0 mm; ground color brown, hemelytra with three or four interrupted longitudinal stripes 4  
- Length 2.9–3.5 mm; ground color entirely black and lacking hemelytral markings or dark brown, with four distinct dark longitudinal stripes........................................................................................................5  
 4(3). Length 2.5–2.9 mm; hemelytra with dark markings as interrupted longitudinal series forming four broken bands (Fig. 16e–f); left male paramere with pronounced hook-shaped apex (Fig. 24c–d); right paramere long, narrow (Fig. 24c–g); widespread, Iran to Oceania..... M. quadristrigata Breddin (pg. 39)   
 - Length 2.6–3.0 mm; hemelytra with lighter markings forming three discontinuous longitudinal stripes (Fig. 16g –h); male left paramere with triangular apex (Fig. 27a–c); right male paramere broad (Fig. 27a–c); Papua New Guinea, northern Australia...................................... M. queenslandica Chen (pg. 45)   
 5(3). Ground color dark black; hemelytra unicolorous, entirely devoid of patterning (Fig. 16i–j); large ovoid species, 3.0– 3.44 mm; left male paramere (Fig. 30b–e); right male paramere long, parallel-sided, apex triangular (Fig. 30b–e); Papua New Guinea............................................. M. carbonaria Horváth (pg.49)   
 - Ground color brown; hemelytra with four dark longitudinal stripes (Fig. 16k–l); large elongate species, 2.92–3.46 mm; left male paramere (Fig. 34c–f); right male paramere long, tip expanded, broadly rounded (Fig. 34c–g); Papua New Guinea, New Britain, Solomon Islands, Australia............................................................................................................................................................. M. virgata Hale (pg. 53)
description: Published as part of Tinerella, Paul P., 2008, Taxonomic revision and systematics of New Guinea and Oceania pygmy water boatmen (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Corixoidea: Micronectidae), pp. 1-66 in Zootaxa 1797 (1) on pages 28-29, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1797.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5124502