MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS OF THE INDIAN WATER BOATMEN, MICRONECTA STRIATA, FIEB. (CORIXIDAE, HEMIPTERA: HETEROPTERA)

Abstract

One of the most intriguing and intriguing representatives of the family corixidae (Leach) 1815 is the water boatman, Micronecta striata Fieb. In the event that a member of the corixidae family has a head that overlaps the front border of the pronotum, it is easy to tell them apart from other related families. A small rostrum that blends in with the wide tip of the skull and the front legs that insert onto the back of the prostemium. Head as wide as or wider than the thorax; front tarsi one segmented and spatulate; fringed with stiff bristles; body as depressed. Two genera, Corixa (Geaoffs) and Micronecta (Kirk), are found in the family Corixidae in India.