Taxonomy of Micronectidae (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha) from Vietnam, with descriptions of 11 new species
Author
Ha, Tuyet Ngan
568A022B-D36D-4147-8B0D-FB35B2A4D197
Faculty of Biology, VNU University of Science, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, 334 Nguyen Trai, Thanh Xuan, Hanoi, Vietnam.
hatuyetngan95@gmail.com
Author
Tran, Anh Duc
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Faculty of Biology, VNU University of Science, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, 334 Nguyen Trai, Thanh Xuan, Hanoi, Vietnam.
tran.anhduc@hus.edu.vn
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2021
2021-06-24
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http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.756.1407
journal article
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10.5852/ejt.2021.756.1407
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Subgenus
Micronectella
Lundblad, 1933
Micronectella
Lundblad, 1933b: 111–113
(
type
species:
Micronectella acuta
Lundblad, 1933
, by monotypy); originally as a separate genus, downgraded to subgenus by
Hutchinson (1940: 353)
.
Diagnosis
Males: palar claw broad, with rounded apex; prestrigilar flap on segment V with mesial corner produced, narrowly rounded [based on
M. aleksanderi
Nieser & Chen, 1999
]; strigil absent; median lobe of sternite VII short and pointed [based on
M. aleksanderi
]; free lobe of tergite VIII with mesial angle obsolete; shaft of right paramere moderately broad, with narrowly rounded apex (adapted from
Lundblad 1933b
;
Hutchinson 1940
).
Remarks
Currently, this subgenus contains two species,
M. acuta
(Lundblad, 1933)
and
M. aleksanderi
. We have assigned the latter to the subgenus
Micronectella
based on the absence of a strigil, the shape of the palar claw of the male, and the shape of the right paramere (see
Nieser & Chen 1999
: figs 31, 38–39).