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Taxonomy of Genus Microvelia Westwood, 1834


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
4179
190570
2444470
Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
3816
189502
2439455
Families
Genera
Species

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
3399
186457
2415487
Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
710
28641
240164
Families
Genera
Species

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
564
25824
208282
Families
Genera
Species

Suborder
 
Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs
124
8215
65100
Families
Genera
Species

Infraorder
 
Gerromorpha
Popov, 1971
Semi-aquatic Bugs, Semiaquatic bugs, Shore-inhabiting bugs
11
314
3525
Families
Genera
Species

Superfamily
 
Gerroidea
Leach, 1815
3
237
2901
Families
Genera
Species
FamilyVeliidae
Amyot & Serville, 1843
Broad-shouldered bugs, Broad-shouldered water striders
112
1638
Genera
Species
SubfamilyMicroveliinae
China and Usinger, 1949
50
654
Genera
Species
TribeMicroveliini
China & Usinger, 1949
25
601
Genera
Species
GenusMicrovelia
Westwood, 1834
348Species
Subnodes of Microvelia Westwood, 1834
SubgenusMicrovelia (Austromicrovelia)
Andersen & Weir, 2003
12Species
SubgenusMicrovelia (Barbivelia)
Andersen & Weir, 2003
0Species
SubgenusMicrovelia (Drepanovelia)
Andersen & Weir, 2001
Millennium Bugs
3Species
SubgenusMicrovelia (Kirkaldya)
Torre-Bueno, 1910
7Species
SubgenusMicrovelia (Lacertovelia)
Andersen & Weir, 2001
1Species
SubgenusMicrovelia (Microvelia)
Westwood, 1834
Apple of Peru
15Species
SubgenusMicrovelia (Microveliopsis)
Andersen & Weir, 2001
0Species
SubgenusMicrovelia (Nesidiovelia)
Andersen & Weir, 2001
1Species
SubgenusMicrovelia (Pacificovelia)
Andersen & Weir, 2003
4Species
SubgenusMicrovelia (Petrovelia)
Andersen & Weir, 2001
0Species
SubgenusMicrovelia (Phoreticovelia)
Polhemus & Polhemus, 2000
1Species
SubgenusMicrovelia (Picaultia)
Andersen & Weir, 2003
6Species
SubgenusMicrovelia (Tarsoveloides)
Andersen & Weir, 2001
0Species
SpeciesMicrovelia acantha Padilla-Gil, 2013
SpeciesMicrovelia addisi Poisson, 1949
Fourwing saltbush
SpeciesMicrovelia adrienneae Poisson, 1942
SpeciesMicrovelia aemulana Drake & Plaumann, 1955
SpeciesMicrovelia africana Poisson, 1941
SpeciesMicrovelia agilis Andersen & Weir, 2001
SpeciesMicrovelia alachuana Hussey & Herring, 1950
SpeciesMicrovelia albolineata
SpeciesMicrovelia albolineolata Torre-Bueno, 1927
SpeciesMicrovelia albomaculata Distant, 1909
SpeciesMicrovelia alisonae Andersen & Weir, 2003
SpeciesMicrovelia alluaudi Poisson, 1956
1Subspecies
SpeciesMicrovelia americanus Uhler, 1884
SpeciesMicrovelia amrishi Makhan, 2014
SpeciesMicrovelia ancona Drake & Chapman, 1954
SpeciesMicrovelia andohaheloi Poisson, 1964
SpeciesMicrovelia andringitrae Poisson, 1952
2Subspecies
SpeciesMicrovelia angelesi Andersen & Weir, 2003
SpeciesMicrovelia angolensis Hoberlandt, 1951
SpeciesMicrovelia ankavandrae Poisson, 1952
SpeciesMicrovelia annandalei Distant, 1909
SpeciesMicrovelia annemarieae Andersen & Weir, 2003
SpeciesMicrovelia apunctata Andersen & Weir, 2003
SpeciesMicrovelia arabica Brown, 1951
Whitemarked tussock moth
2Subspecies
SpeciesMicrovelia arca Drake, 1958
SpeciesMicrovelia argentata Nieser & Alkins-Koo, 1991
Vierhapper's aster
SpeciesMicrovelia argusta Drake & Maldonado-Capriles, 1954
SpeciesMicrovelia arussii Poisson, 1955
SpeciesMicrovelia aschnakiranae Makhan, 2014
SpeciesMicrovelia ashlocki Polhemus, 1960
SpeciesMicrovelia atroelegans Zettel & Gapud, 1999
Silver prairie clover
SpeciesMicrovelia atrolineata Bergroth, 1918
SpeciesMicrovelia atromaculata Paiva, 1919
SpeciesMicrovelia australica Bergroth, 1916
SpeciesMicrovelia australiensis Andersen & Weir, 2003
SpeciesMicrovelia awasai Poisson, 1951
SpeciesMicrovelia ayacuchana Drake & Maldonado-Capriles, 1952
Longbract wild indigo
SpeciesMicrovelia ayos Linnavuori, 1977
SpeciesMicrovelia barbifer Andersen & Weir, 2003
SpeciesMicrovelia beamri McKinstry, 1937
SpeciesMicrovelia betiokyi Poisson, 1951
1Subspecies
SpeciesMicrovelia bloukransi Poisson, 1956
SpeciesMicrovelia bokor D.Polhemus, 2017
Giant salamanders
SpeciesMicrovelia borealis Torre-Bueno, 1916
SpeciesMicrovelia bossangoa Linnavuori, 1977
SpeciesMicrovelia bourbonensis Poisson, 1957
Lesser rushy milkvetch
SpeciesMicrovelia braziliensis McKinstry, 1937
SpeciesMicrovelia brevitarsus Andersen & Weir, 2001
SpeciesMicrovelia briseis Kirkaldy, 1900
Thinleaf fourwing saltbush
SpeciesMicrovelia bulckei Poisson, 1957
Lesser rushy milkvetch
SpeciesMicrovelia burgeoni Poisson, 1942
SpeciesMicrovelia burmanica Paiva, 1918
SpeciesMicrovelia cameron Andersen, Yang & Zettel, 2002
SpeciesMicrovelia capitata Guérin-Ménéville, 1857
SpeciesMicrovelia carinata Linnavuori, 1977
SpeciesMicrovelia carnarvon Andersen & Weir, 2003
SpeciesMicrovelia cavernula J.Polhemus, 1972
SpeciesMicrovelia cavicola Polhemus, 1999
SpeciesMicrovelia chanita J. Polhemus & Hogue, 1972
SpeciesMicrovelia chilena Drake & Hussey, 1955
SpeciesMicrovelia cinchonana Drake & Hussey, 1954
SpeciesMicrovelia circumcincta Champion, 1898
SpeciesMicrovelia costaiana Drake & Hussey, 1951
Purple prairie clover
SpeciesMicrovelia costalimai
SpeciesMicrovelia crassipes Lundblad, 1933
SpeciesMicrovelia crinata Drake, 1951
SpeciesMicrovelia dahli Hoberlandt, 1958
SpeciesMicrovelia dalawa Zettel, 2014
Valley saltbush
SpeciesMicrovelia depressa J.Polhemus, 1974
Largeflower yellow false foxglove
SpeciesMicrovelia diffidens Drake & Harris, 1933
SpeciesMicrovelia diffidentis Drake & Harris, 1933
SpeciesMicrovelia diluta Distant, 1909
SpeciesMicrovelia disparata Polhemus & Polhemus, 2000
SpeciesMicrovelia distanti Lundblad, 1933
SpeciesMicrovelia duidana Drake & Maldonado-Capriles, 1952
Longbract wild indigo
SpeciesMicrovelia electra N. M. Andersen, 2001
SpeciesMicrovelia exuberans Andersen & Weir, 2001
SpeciesMicrovelia falcata Zettel, Phauk, Kheam & Freitag, 2017
SpeciesMicrovelia falcifer Andersen & Weir, 2003
SpeciesMicrovelia fanera Padilla-Gil, 2013
SpeciesMicrovelia fantastika Padilla-Gil, 2019
SpeciesMicrovelia fasciata Reuter, 1882
SpeciesMicrovelia feuerborni Lundblad, 1933
SpeciesMicrovelia flavipes Champion, 1898
SpeciesMicrovelia fosoana Linnavuori, 1977
SpeciesMicrovelia fuscata Mulsant & Rey, 1852
SpeciesMicrovelia galapagosana
SpeciesMicrovelia gapudi Zettel, 2012
Packard's milkvetch
SpeciesMicrovelia genitalis Lundblad, 1933
2Subspecies
SpeciesMicrovelia gestroi Kirkaldy, 1901
Matamoros saltbush
SpeciesMicrovelia grimaldii N. M. Andersen, 2001
SpeciesMicrovelia guatemalensis McKinstry, 1937
SpeciesMicrovelia halei Esaki, 1928
SpeciesMicrovelia hambletoni Drake, 1951
SpeciesMicrovelia herberti Andersen & Weir, 2003
SpeciesMicrovelia hidalgoi McKinstry, 1937
SpeciesMicrovelia horvathi Lundblad, 1993
SpeciesMicrovelia howensis Hale, 1926
SpeciesMicrovelia hozari Hoberlandt, 1948
1Subspecies
SpeciesMicrovelia hungerfordi McKinstry, 1937
SpeciesMicrovelia hynesi Poisson, 1949
Fourwing saltbush
SpeciesMicrovelia hypipamee Andersen & Weir, 2003
SpeciesMicrovelia hypodonta Lundblad, 1933
SpeciesMicrovelia inannana Drake & Hottes, 1952
SpeciesMicrovelia incerta Kirby, 1890  ⇒ Microvelia (Microvelia) pulchella
SpeciesMicrovelia inguapi Padilla-Gil & Moreira, 2013
Walker prairie clover
SpeciesMicrovelia inquilina J. Polhemus & Hogue, 1972
SpeciesMicrovelia insignis Distant, 1903
SpeciesMicrovelia intonsa Drake, 1951
SpeciesMicrovelia ioana Drake & Hottes, 1952
SpeciesMicrovelia iriomotensis Miyamoto, 1964
SpeciesMicrovelia irrasa Drake & Harris, 1928
SpeciesMicrovelia isa Zettel, 2012
Packard's milkvetch
SpeciesMicrovelia isabelae Bachmann, 1978
SpeciesMicrovelia itremoi Poisson, 1952
SpeciesMicrovelia jaechi Zettel & Gapud, 1999
Silver prairie clover
SpeciesMicrovelia japonica Esaki & Miyamoto, 1955
Moneybush
SpeciesMicrovelia javadiensis Thirumalai, 1989
SpeciesMicrovelia jeanneli Poisson, 1941
SpeciesMicrovelia joceliae Magalhaes & Moreira, 2021
SpeciesMicrovelia justi Andersen & Weir, 2003
SpeciesMicrovelia kamassanguensis Hoberlandt, 1951
SpeciesMicrovelia karunaratnei Polhemus, 1999
SpeciesMicrovelia katherinae Andersen & Weir, 2001
SpeciesMicrovelia kijabiensis Poisson, 1941
Fourwing saltbush
SpeciesMicrovelia kipopoella Linnavuori, 1973
African lyretails
SpeciesMicrovelia kyushuensis Esaki & Miyamoto, 1955
Moneybush
SpeciesMicrovelia lacunana Drake & Plaumann, 1952
SpeciesMicrovelia laesslei Drake & Hussey, 1954
SpeciesMicrovelia laevipleura
SpeciesMicrovelia lainsburyi
SpeciesMicrovelia lakatomivolae Poisson, 1957
Lesser rushy milkvetch
SpeciesMicrovelia lansburyi Hoberlandt, 1956
SpeciesMicrovelia leavipleura J.Polhemus, 1974
Largeflower yellow false foxglove
SpeciesMicrovelia legorskyi Zettel, 2012
Packard's milkvetch
SpeciesMicrovelia leptotmema Nieser & Alkins-Koo, 1991
Vierhapper's aster
SpeciesMicrovelia leucothea J.Polhemus & Manzano, 1992
SpeciesMicrovelia leveillei Lethierry, 1877
2Subspecies
SpeciesMicrovelia limaiana Drake, 1951
SpeciesMicrovelia lineatipes Paiva, 1919
SpeciesMicrovelia lobata Linnavuori, 1971
SpeciesMicrovelia lokaensis Linnavuori, 1971
SpeciesMicrovelia lokobei Poisson, 1951
SpeciesMicrovelia longicornis Torre-Bueno, 1925
SpeciesMicrovelia longipes Uhler, 1894
Goutweed
SpeciesMicrovelia loriae Kirkaldy, 1901
Matamoros saltbush
SpeciesMicrovelia lujanana Drake, 1951
SpeciesMicrovelia lundbladi Y.C.Gupta & Khandelwal, 2002
SpeciesMicrovelia macani Brown, 1953
SpeciesMicrovelia macgregori Kirkaldy, 1908
SpeciesMicrovelia machadoi Hoberlandt, 1951
SpeciesMicrovelia magnifica Lundblad, 1933
SpeciesMicrovelia mahajambae Poisson, 1952
SpeciesMicrovelia major Poisson, 1926
6Subspecies
SpeciesMicrovelia malipatili Andersen & Weir, 2003
SpeciesMicrovelia malkini Drake & Hussey, 1955
SpeciesMicrovelia maromandiae Poisson, 1951
SpeciesMicrovelia mbanga Linnavuori, 1977
SpeciesMicrovelia melancholica Hale, 1925
SpeciesMicrovelia mendozana Jensen-Haarup, 1920
SpeciesMicrovelia mimula White, 1879
SpeciesMicrovelia minima Drake, 1952
SpeciesMicrovelia minor Andersen & Weir, 2001
SpeciesMicrovelia minutissima Zettel & Tran, 2009
SpeciesMicrovelia mitohoi Poisson, 1951
SpeciesMicrovelia miyamoti Y.C.Gupta & Y.K.Gupta, 2008
SpeciesMicrovelia mjoebergi Hale, 1925
SpeciesMicrovelia modesta Uhler, 1894
SpeciesMicrovelia monteithi Andersen & Weir, 2003
SpeciesMicrovelia morimotoi Miyamoto, 1964
SpeciesMicrovelia mossman Andersen & Weir, 2003
SpeciesMicrovelia mozambica Poisson, 1934
SpeciesMicrovelia munda Drake, 1951
SpeciesMicrovelia myersi McKinstry, 1937
SpeciesMicrovelia myorensis Andersen & Weir, 2003
SpeciesMicrovelia negusi Poisson, 1955
SpeciesMicrovelia nelsoni Moreira, Barbosa & Ribeiro, 2012
SpeciesMicrovelia nessimiani Moreira & Rúdio, 2011
SpeciesMicrovelia nesta
SpeciesMicrovelia niangbo Linnavuori, 1977
SpeciesMicrovelia nielseni Andersen & Weir, 2001
SpeciesMicrovelia noeli Poisson, 1951
SpeciesMicrovelia notophora Esaki, 1937
SpeciesMicrovelia novana Drake & Plaumann, 1955
SpeciesMicrovelia oaxacana Drake, 1951
SpeciesMicrovelia odontogaster Andersen & Weir, 2003
SpeciesMicrovelia oraria Drake, 1952
SpeciesMicrovelia oreadis Drake & Harris, 1928
SpeciesMicrovelia pacifica Kirkaldy, 1908
Parish's saltbush, Parrish's brittlescale
SpeciesMicrovelia panamensis Champion, 1898
SpeciesMicrovelia parallela Blatchley, 1925
SpeciesMicrovelia paramega Andersen & Weir, 2003
SpeciesMicrovelia parana Drake & Carvalho, 1954
Low prairie clover
SpeciesMicrovelia pauliani Poisson, 1951
SpeciesMicrovelia paura J.Polhemus, 1974
Largeflower yellow false foxglove
SpeciesMicrovelia penglyi D.Polhemus, 2017
Giant salamanders
SpeciesMicrovelia pennicilla Andersen & Weir, 2003
SpeciesMicrovelia pererai J.Polhemus, 1979
Sentry milk-vetch
SpeciesMicrovelia peruviensis McKinstry, 1937
SpeciesMicrovelia petraea Andersen, Yang & Zettel, 2002
SpeciesMicrovelia pexa Drake & Hussey, 1951
Purple prairie clover
SpeciesMicrovelia picinguaba Moreira & Barbosa, 2011
Longbract wild indigo
SpeciesMicrovelia piedrancha Padilla-Gil & Moreira, 2013
Walker prairie clover
SpeciesMicrovelia pilipes Linnavuori, 1975
SpeciesMicrovelia pilosa Matsushima, Morii & Ohba, 2021
SpeciesMicrovelia plumbea Lundblad, 1933
SpeciesMicrovelia poissoni Hoberlandt, 1958
SpeciesMicrovelia polhemi Anderson, 1999
Edwards Plateau milkvetch
SpeciesMicrovelia popovi Brown, 1951
Whitemarked tussock moth
SpeciesMicrovelia portoricensis Drake, 1951
SpeciesMicrovelia potama Drake, 1958
SpeciesMicrovelia priesneri Hoberlandt, 1951
SpeciesMicrovelia prompta Cheesman, 1926
SpeciesMicrovelia promta
SpeciesMicrovelia pronotalis Distant, 1913
SpeciesMicrovelia pseudomarginata Nieser & Alkins-Koo, 1991
Vierhapper's aster
SpeciesMicrovelia psilonota J.Polhemus, 1974
Largeflower yellow false foxglove
SpeciesMicrovelia pudoris Drake & Harris, 1936
Alaskan ascidiota
SpeciesMicrovelia pueblana Drake & Hottes, 1952
SpeciesMicrovelia queenslandiae Andersen & Weir, 2003
SpeciesMicrovelia quieta Drake & Carvalho, 1954
Low prairie clover
SpeciesMicrovelia rasilis Drake, 1951
SpeciesMicrovelia recifana Drake, 1951
SpeciesMicrovelia reflexa J.Polhemus, 1974
Largeflower yellow false foxglove
SpeciesMicrovelia rennellensis Brown, 1968
SpeciesMicrovelia repentina Distant, 1904
SpeciesMicrovelia rishwani Makhan, 2014
SpeciesMicrovelia robusta Uhler, 1894
SpeciesMicrovelia rouwenzoriana Poisson, 1941
Fourwing saltbush
SpeciesMicrovelia royi Poisson, 1954
SpeciesMicrovelia rufescens Champion, 1898
SpeciesMicrovelia sambiranoi Poisson, 1951
SpeciesMicrovelia samoana Esaki, 1928
SpeciesMicrovelia sandrangatoi Poisson, 1956
SpeciesMicrovelia santala Hafiz & Ribeiro, 1939
SpeciesMicrovelia sarpta Drake & Harris, 1936
Alaskan ascidiota
SpeciesMicrovelia schmidti McKinstry, 1937
SpeciesMicrovelia schneideri Scholtz, 1847
SpeciesMicrovelia setifera D.Polhemus, 2017
Giant salamanders
SpeciesMicrovelia setipes Champion, 1898
SpeciesMicrovelia seyferti Zettel, 2014
Valley saltbush
SpeciesMicrovelia silvestris Hoberlandt, 1951
SpeciesMicrovelia singalensis Kirkaldy, 1903  ⇒ Microvelia (Picaultia) douglasi
SpeciesMicrovelia somnokrene Zettel & Gapud, 1999
Silver prairie clover
SpeciesMicrovelia spurgeon Andersen & Weir, 2003
SpeciesMicrovelia starmuehlneri Polhemus & Herring, 1970
Slimspike prairie clover
SpeciesMicrovelia stellata Kirkaldy, 1902
Navajo saltbush
SpeciesMicrovelia summersi Drake & Harris, 1928
SpeciesMicrovelia takiyae Moreira, Barbosa & Ribeiro, 2012
SpeciesMicrovelia tateiana Drake, 1951
SpeciesMicrovelia tchanialis Poisson, 1941
1Subspecies
SpeciesMicrovelia timida Drake & Roze, 1958
SpeciesMicrovelia tjurupensis Lundblad, 1933
SpeciesMicrovelia torresiana Andersen & Weir, 2003
SpeciesMicrovelia trichota Nieser & Chen, 2005
SpeciesMicrovelia trinitatis China, 1943
SpeciesMicrovelia troilos Linnavuori, 1975
SpeciesMicrovelia tsaratananae Poisson, 1952
SpeciesMicrovelia tshingandana Linnavuori & Weber, 1974
Turtlefat
SpeciesMicrovelia turmalis Drake & Harris, 1933  ⇒ Husseyella turmalis
SpeciesMicrovelia ubatuba Moreira & Barbosa, 2011
Longbract wild indigo
SpeciesMicrovelia uenoi Miyamoto, 1964
SpeciesMicrovelia umbricola Wróblewski, 1938  ⇒ Micronecta (Dichaetonecta) scholtzi
SpeciesMicrovelia undata Poisson, 1964
SpeciesMicrovelia urucara Moreira, Barbosa & Nessimian, 2011
SpeciesMicrovelia urundii Poisson, 1955
SpeciesMicrovelia vagans White, 1878
SpeciesMicrovelia venustatis Drake & Harris, 1933
SpeciesMicrovelia venustissima Poisson, 1941
Fourwing saltbush
2Subspecies
SpeciesMicrovelia verana Drake & Hottes, 1952
SpeciesMicrovelia vilhenai Hoberlandt, 1950
SpeciesMicrovelia villosula Torre-Bueno, 1927
SpeciesMicrovelia waelbroecki Kirkaldy, 1900
Thinleaf fourwing saltbush
2Subspecies
SpeciesMicrovelia wala Zettel, 2012
Packard's milkvetch
SpeciesMicrovelia woodwardi Andersen & Weir, 2003
SpeciesMicrovelia zillana Drake & Hottes, 1952

Synonyms
Cloacovelia (Zettel, 2012)
Dilutovelia (Zettel, 2012)
Hydroessa (Burmeister, 1835)
Philippinovelia (Zettel, 2012)
Picaultia (Distant, 1913)
Somnovelia (Zettel, 2012)
Veliomorpha (Carlini, 1895)
Native, vernacular names and spellings of Microvelia
FinnishVetiäiset


Distribution of Microvelia Westwood, 1834
Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Grenada, Guinea, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Republic South Africa, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, USA, Venezuela, Vietnam


Ecozone
Riversides


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