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- Title
Phylogenetic reclassification and genitalic morphology of the small water strider genus <italic>Nesidovelia</italic> Andersen & Weir and allied Microveliinae (Hemiptera:Veliidae).
- Authors
Cassis, Gerasimos; Hodgins, Mitchell; Weir, Tom A.; Tatarnic, Nikolai J.
- Abstract
Abstract: Phylogenetic analyses of the Australasian Microveliinae is given, including a reanalysis of Andersen and Weir ( ) dataset and an analysis of a new dataset of 46 morphological characters and 42 taxa. Analyses focused on pregenital, genital and postgenital structures of males and females, including putative male grasping and female anti‐grasping structures. Phylogenetic analyses resulted in a redefinition of the genus <italic>Nesidovelia</italic> Andersen & Weir, with <italic>Microvelia</italic> (<italic>Austromicrovelia</italic>) and <italic>Microvelia</italic> (<italic>Barbivelia</italic>) erected as junior synonyms, and 29 species included in <italic>Nesidovelia</italic>, with all but the type species in new combination. <italic>Nilsvelia</italic> gen. nov. is described to include two species, <italic>N. milleri</italic> and <italic>N</italic>. <italic>ventrospinosa</italic>, both formerly assigned to <italic>M.</italic> (<italic>Austromicrovelia</italic>). In addition, we report on the recognition of <italic>Papuavelia</italic>, <italic>Pseudovelia</italic> and <italic>Tanyvelia</italic> as valid genera, distinct from <italic>Nesidovelia</italic>. We diagnose and describe <italic>Nilsvelia</italic>, and redescribe <italic>Nesidovelia</italic>, and provide checklists of the included species for both genera.
- Subjects
WATER striders; GENITALIA; PREHENSION (Physiology); INSECT phenology; SPECIES
- Publication
Austral Entomology, 2018, Vol 57, Issue 1, p92
- ISSN
2052-174X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/aen.12273