Paraphrynovelia

Paraphrynovelia
Systematics
Order :	Schnabelkerfe (Hemiptera)
Subordination :	Bed bugs (heteroptera)
Partial order :	Gerromorpha
Superfamily :	Hydrometroidea
Family :	Paraphrynoveliidae
Genre :	Paraphrynovelia
Scientific name of the family
	Paraphrynoveliidae
	Møller Andersen , 1978
Scientific name of the genus
	Paraphrynovelia
	Poisson , 1957

Paraphrynovelia is the only genus of the Paraphrynoveliidae family within the bedbugs - partial order Gerromorpha . Very few specimens have been caught so far.

features

The bugs become 1.7 to 2.4 millimeters long. Your overall body shape resembles a wingless representatives of velvet water bug (Hebridae) or a species of the genus Microvelia (Family Bach runners (Veliidae)). All previously known animals were apter (wingless). The animals also lack pinpoint eyes ( ocelli ). The antennae are flagellate, the first and second segments are elongated and almost the same length. The third and fourth segments are longer, the latter has a membranous area medially with ring-shaped thickening of the cuticle. The pronotum is short. It is elongated at the back and covers the mesonotum, but not the metanotum. The tarsi are tripartite, the pretarsus is turned apically and has aroliae (adhesive pads) dorsally and ventrally . The female ovipositor is relatively poorly developed.

Occurrence and way of life

The distribution of the family includes only southern Africa. The bugs live in the area between water and land on damp parts of plants and soaked moss on stones.

Taxonomy and systematics

The Paraphrynovelia were originally part of the family of the water stripper (Mesoveliidae), but later in an independent family. Together with the water sandpipers and the pond walkers (Hydrometridae) they form the superfamily Hydrometroidea . The group only includes the following two types:

Paraphrynovelia brincki Poisson, 1957
Paraphrynovelia slateri Møller Andersen, 1978

supporting documents

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d R.T. Schuh, JA Slater: True Bugs of the World (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Classification and Natural History. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York 1995, pp. 92f.

literature

RT Schuh, JA Slater: True Bugs of the World (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Classification and Natural History. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York 1995.

[Schuh/Slater-1] R.T. Schuh, JA Slater: True Bugs of the World (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Classification and Natural History. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York 1995, pp. 92f.