Nesidovelia

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Nesidovelia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Veliidae
Genus: Nesidovelia
Andersen & Weir, 2001
Synonyms [1]
  • AustromicroveliaAndersen & Weir, 2003
  • AustromicroveliaAndersen & Weir, 2003
  • BarbiveliaAndersen & Weir, 2003

Nesidovelia is a genus of water striders in the family Veliidae. [1] The genus was first described in 2001 by Andersen and Weir. [2] [3] It is endemic to Australia and species of the genus are found in all Australian states. [2]

Contents

The type species is Nesidovelia howense (Hale, 1926). [2]


Species

Species listed in the.Australian faunal directory. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 "CoL: Nesidovelia Andersen & Weir, 2001". catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 "Australian Faunal Directory: Nesidovelia Andersen & Weir, 2001". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 16 January 2026.
  3. Nils Møller Andersen; Thomas A. Weir (2001). "New genera of Veliidae (Hemiptera : Heteroptera) from Australia, with notes on the generic classification of the subfamily Microveliinae". Invertebrate Systematics. 15 (2): 217-258 [241]. doi:10.1071/IT00015. ISSN   1445-5226. Wikidata   Q54580807.
  4. "Australian Faunal Directory: Nesidovelia (checklist)". biodiversity.org.au. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2026.