Micronecta (Micronecta) minuscula Poisson, 1929

Cianferoni, Fabio & Mazza, Giuseppe, 2012, The aquatic Heteroptera (Insecta: Hemiptera) of the “ Foreste Casentinesi, Monte Falterona e Campigna ” National Park (Central Italy), Zootaxa 3568, pp. 36-52 : 45

Micronecta (Micronecta) minuscula Poisson, 1929

Micronecta (Micronecta) minuscula Cianferoni et al. 2009b: 193 .

RECORDS. Emilia-Romagna: Bidente di Pietrapazza torrent, 480 m, near Mulino delle Cortine, Bagno di Romagna (FC), 18.VIII.2008, FC leg., 2 M, 3 F brach, 1 F macr (CCFI) ( Cianferoni et al., 2009b); idem, 5.X.2008 GM leg., 1 IV, 3 V (CCFI).

Remarks. This is a rare species with W-Mediterranean distribution. Brachypterous and macropterous (which is a very rare morph according to Jansson 1986) specimens were collected in a small residual pond of a torrent, near the alga Chara vulgaris L. ( Cianferoni et al. 2009b).