| Corixidae | |
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| Micronecta scholtzi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Infraorder: | Nepomorpha |
| Family: | Micronectidae Jaczewski, 1924 |
| Subfamilies, Genera | |
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Micronectidae is a family of water boatmen often referred to as pygmy water boatmen. They were originally classified as a subfamily under Corixidae but were raised to family level by Nieser (2002).[1]
There are two subfamilies, Micronectinae with 6 genera and Synaptogobiinae with one genus.[2][3]
- ^ Nieser, Nico (2002). "Guide to aquatic Heteroptera of Singapore and Peninsular Malaysia. IV. Corixoidea" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 50 (1): 263–274.
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