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Genus Synaptonecta

Synaptonecta issa (Distant) - Synaptonecta issa Synaptonecta issa
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Infraorder Nepomorpha (Aquatic Bugs)
Superfamily Corixoidea
Family Micronectidae
Genus Synaptonecta
Explanation of Names
Synaptonecta Lundblad 1933
Numbers
A single (adventive) species in our area(1), 3 spp. total(2)
Range
native to tropical Asia, one sp. recently introduced into FL(1)
Works Cited
1.Synaptonecta issa (Heteroptera: Corixidae), first New World record of an Asian water bug in Florida
Polhemus, J. T. and R. P. Rutter. 1997. Entomological News 108 (4):300-304.
2.BioLib.cz