Microvelia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gerroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata 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
Subgenera: Austromicrovelia – Barbivelia – Drepanovelia – Lacertovelia – Microvelia – Microveliopsis – Nesidiovelia – Pacificovelia – Petrovelia – Phoreticovelia – Picaultia – Tarsoveloides – ...

Overview of species

M. joceliae – ...

Name

Microvelia Westwood, 1834: Ann. Soc. ent. France, 3, 647.

References

Template:Westwood, 1834

Additional 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
Drake, C.J. 1951. New Neotropical water-striders (Hemiptera-Veliidae). Great Basin Naturalist 11: 37–42. BHL Reference page.
Magalhães, O.M., Machado, G.L.V., Carneiro, M.A.A. & Moreira, F.F.F. 2021. A new species of Microvelia Westwood, 1834 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from southeastern Brazil. Pp 160–166 In Campos, L.A. & Schwertner, C.F., eds. The scent of life: Celebrating the career and life of Jocélia Grazia. Zootaxa 4958(1): 1–712. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4958.1.1 Reference page. Zootaxa 4958(1): 160–166. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4958.1.10 Reference page.
Padilla-Gil, D.N.; Moreira, F.F.F. 2013: Two new species of Microvelia Westwood, 1834 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from Colombia, with a key to Colombian species. Zootaxa 3745(5): 587–595. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3745.5.7 Reference page.
Raposo, C.C., Santos-Mallet, J.R. & Moreira, F.F.F. 2025. Descriptions of the immature stages of Microvelia pulchella Westwood, 1834 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerridae). Zootaxa 5631(2): 359–368. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5631.2.8 Reference page.
Rúdio, J.A. & Moreira, F.F.F. 2011. A new species of Microvelia (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha) from coastal Espírito Santo State, with a key to the species of the genus recorded from southeastern Brazil. Zootaxa 3004: 63–68. Preview