Synaptoneta Lundblad, 1933

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Genus Synaptoneta Lundblad, 1933

Synaptonecta Lundblad 1933b: 109 (type species: Synaptonecta breddini Lundblad, 1933 by monotypy).

Synaptonecta – Wróblewski 1967: 2; 1968: 775 (recognised as subgenus of Micronecta ); 1972a: 4–7 (re-instated generic rank; comparative notes).

Remarks

The genus Synaptoneta was established by Lundblad (1933b) to include a single species, Synaptonecta breddini . In the same publication, Lundblad (1933b) recognised Micronecta issa Distant, 1910 as a separate species, probably due to the fact that he studied specimens of different sexes and wing morphs, a macropterous female specimen as M. issa and a brachypterous male specimen (holotype) as S. breddini . This problem was pointed out by Hutchinson (1940) when he synonymised S. breddini with M. issa , thus also placing M. issa in Synaptonecta . Even after Hutchinson’s (1940) revision, Synaptonecta was sometimes not recognised as a separate genus, e.g., by Leong (1966), Wróblewski (1967, 1968). Only after the careful comparative study by Wróblewski (1972a) has the generic rank of Synaptonecta been applied consistently. Also see Comparative notes under the genus Micronecta .

There are currently two species of Synaptonecta , the widespread S. issa ( Distant, 1910) and S. capillata Wróblewski, 1972 , which seems to be restricted to Sri Lanka and is only known from female specimens.