Mesovelia hackeri

Taxonavigation

Mesovelia hackeri, apterous male (length about 2.8 mm)

Taxonavigation: Mesovelioidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda 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: Mesovelioidea

Mesovelia hackeri Harris & Drake, 1941
- NOTE: 'this species is most likely the Mesovelia [mesoveliid] species reported by Towns (1978)' (Andersen & Weir, 2004: 483)

Andersen, N.M.; Weir, T.A. 2004: Mesoveliidae, Hebridae, and Hydrometridae of Australia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha), with a reanalysis of the phylogeny of semiaquatic bugs. Invertebrate systematics, 18(4): 467–522. DOI: 10.1071/IS03032
Harris, H.M.; Drake, C.J. 1941: Notes on the family Mesoveliidae (Hemiptera) with descriptions of two new species. Iowa State College journal of science, 15: 275–277. [not seen]
Larivière, M.-C.; Larochelle, A. 2004: Heteroptera (Insecta: Hemiptera): catalogue. Fauna of New Zealand, (50)
Macfarlane, R.P. et al. 2010: [Chapter] NINE Phylum ARTHROPODA SUBPHYLUM HEXAPODA Protura, springtails, Diplura, and insects. Pp. 233-467 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.): New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-87725793-3
Towns, D.R. 1978: Some little-known benthic insect taxa from a northern New Zealand river and its tributaries. New Zealand entomologist, 6(4): 409–419.