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).
There are two subfamilies, Micronectinae with six genera and Synaptogobiinae with one genus.
Subfamilies and genera Micronectinae Austronecta Tinerella, 2013 Micronecta Kirkaldy, 1897 Monogobia Nieser & Chen, 2006 Papuanecta Tinerella, 2008 Synaptonecta Lundblad, 1933 Tenagobia Bergroth, 1899 Synaptogobiinae Synaptogobia Nieser & Chen, 2006 Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net
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