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Microvelia

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Microvelia is a genus of aquatic bugs in the family Veliidae. There are at least 230 described species in Microvelia.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Microvelia is referenced by 15 other articles, and connects out to Animalia, insect and arthropod.

It sits within the topics Gerromorpha genera, Taxa named by John O. Westwood and Taxonbars with 20–24 taxon IDs.

Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderHemiptera
  5. FamilyVeliidae
Habitatmarine, brackish

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
1,711
With media
9
Family
Veliidae
Collections
AM, CSU, UAM, CASC
Recorded in
South Africa, United States, Namibia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Microveliinae
Image
Microvelia reticulata - Sandnes, Norway 2021-08-02.jpg
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taxon name
Microvelia
taxon rank
genus
Commons category
Microvelia
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Encyclopedic overview

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Microvelia is a genus of aquatic bugs in the family Veliidae. There are at least 230 described species in Microvelia.

==Species== List of Microvelia species

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