Macrovelia

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Macrovelia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Macroveliidae
Genus: Macrovelia
Uhler, 1872
Species:
M. hornii
Binomial name
Macrovelia hornii
Uhler, 1872

Macrovelia is a genus of macroveliid shore bugs in the family Macroveliidae. There is one described species in Macrovelia, M. hornii.[1][2][3] It prefers shaded areas and overwinters as an adult.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Macrovelia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. ^ "Macrovelia". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. ^ Schuh, Randall T.; Slater, James A. (1994). "Macroveliidae". True Bugs of the World (Hemiptera:Heteroptera): classification and natural history. Cornell University Press. p. 94. ISBN 0801420660.

Further reading[edit]

  • Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian, eds. (1995). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 1: Enicocephalomorpha, Dipsocoromorpha, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha and Leptopodomorpha. The Netherlands Entomological Society. ISBN 978-90-71912-12-2.