Mesonecta Poisson, 1938

Ha, Tuyet Ngan & Tran, Anh Duc, 2021, Taxonomy of Micronectidae (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha) from Vietnam, with descriptions of 11 new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 756, pp. 1-82 : 7

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2021.756.1407
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5038088
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scientific name	Mesonecta Poisson, 1938
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Treatment

Subgenus Mesonecta Poisson, 1938

Mesonecta Poisson, 1938: 354 (type species: Mesonecta pilosa Poisson, 1938 , by monotypy); originally as a separate genus, downgraded to subgenus by Hutchinson (1940).

Diagnosis

Males: pala with a secondary narrow claw, primary claw apically widened; strigil present; median lobe of sternite VII with two long and thick setae; free lobe of tergite VIII rounded apically; shaft of left paramere broad, slightly sinuate, with wide truncate apex; right paramere narrow, straight, with sharply pointed apex (adapted from Hutchinson 1940; Nieser et al. 2005).

Remarks

Hutchinson (1940) described two Asiatic species, M. khasiensis and M. waltoniana , and included both in Mesonecta . Nieser et al. (2005), when establishing the subgenus Unguinecta , transferred those two species to Unguinecta and also provided a detailed comparison between these two subgenera. At the moment, Mesonecta contains only one species, Mesonecta pilosa Poisson, 1938 , with its distribution restricted to Madagascar ( Nieser et al. 2005).