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The Waterboatmen (Hemiptera: Corixidae) of South Africa Compiled by Martin H. Villet Department of Zoology & Entomology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6140 South Africa & Patrick Reavell Department of Botany, University of Zululand, South Africa

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Family: CORIXIDAE

Subfamily: MICRONECTINAE

1. Genus: MICRONECTA
   1. M. citharistia Hutchinson

      Micronecta citharistia Hutchinson 1929: 438.
      Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Lesotho, Free State and Gauteng; December to May, August.

      
      
   2. M. peralita Hutchinson

      Micronecta peralita Hutchinson 19**: 426.
      Gauteng; May.

      
      
   3. M. gorogaiqua Hutchinson

      Micronecta gorogaiqua Hutchinson 19**: 428.
      Western Cape and Free State; October, April and May.

      
      
   4. M. dorothea Hutchinson

      Micronecta dorothea Hutchinson 19**: 431.
      Gauteng; August, April and May.

      
      
   5. M. browni Hutchinson

      Micronecta browni Hutchinson 19**: 435.
      Gauteng, to Zimbabwe and Namibia; April.

      
      
   6. M. druryana Hutchinson

      Micronecta druryana Hutchinson 1929: 430.
      Gauteng; **.

      
      
   7. M. youngiana Hutchinson

      Micronecta youngiana Hutchinson 19**: 444.
      Mpumalanga; April.

      
      
   8. M. mutile **

      ** mutile **.
      **; **.

      
      
   9. M. winifreda Hutchinson

      Micronecta winifreda Hutchinson 1929: 429.
      Western Cape; November to April.

      
      
   10. M. butleriana Hutchinson

       Micronecta butleriana Hutchinson 1929: 432.
       Western Cape and Eastern Cape; January to March.

       
       
   11. M. bleekiana Hutchinson

       Micronecta bleekiana Hutchinson 1929: 437.
       Mpumalanga; April to June.

       
       
   12. M. uvarovi Jaczewski

       Micronecta uvarovi Jaczewski 1926: 494.
       KwaZulu-Natal; November, january, April.

       
       
   13. M. dimidiata Poisson

       Micronecta dimidiata Poisson 1928: 75.

       = Micronecta piccanina Hutchinson 1929: 440.
       Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Gauteng and Nothern Province; August, January to May.

       
       
   14. M. scutellaris (Stål)

       Sigara scutellaris Stål 1858: 319.

       = Micronecta pharaonum Horvath 1899: 102.

       = Micronecta decipiens Horvath 1899: 102.

       = Micronecta dione Distant 1910: 348.

       = Micronecta proba Distant 1910: 348.

       = Micronecta compar Horvath 1926: 4.

       = Micronecta signoreti Jaczewski 1926: 102.

       = Micronecta thomaseti Jaczewski 1927: 493.

       = Micronecta perdita Hutchinson 1929: 426.

       = Micronecta hessei Hutchinson 1929: 427.

       = Micronecta ras Hutchinson 1930: 452.
       Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Gauteng and Northern Cape, to Namibia and Zimbabwe; October to June.

       
       
   
   

   Subfamily: CORIXINAE

2. Genus: TRICHOCORIXA
   1. T. verticalis verticalis (Fieber)

      ** verticalis Fieber **: **.
      KwaZulu-Natal (exotic - North American); December.

   
   
3. Genus: SIGARA
   1. S. pectoralis (Fieber)

      Corisa pectoralis Fieber 1851: 52.

      = Arctocorisa sjostedti Kirkaldy 1910: 10.
      Western Cape, Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, gauteng and Northern Cape; September to May.

      
      
   2. S. wahlbergi Lundblad

      Sigara wahlbergi Lundblad 1928: 230.

      = Sigara contortuplicata sensu Hutchinson (non Kirkaldy 1908) 1929: 453.
      Northern Cape, Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Free State, Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, to Namibia; October to June.

      
      
   3. S. meridionalis (Wallengren)

      Corisa meridionalis Wallengren 1875: 136.
      Northern Cape, Western Cape, Eastern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, to Namibia; October to June.

      
      
   4. S. sexlineata (Reuter)

      ** sexlineata Reuter 1882: 105.
      KwaZulu-Natal; **.

      
      
   5. S. ceres Hutchinson

      Sigara ceres Hutchinson 19**: 456.
      Western Cape; January.

      
      
   
   
4. Genus: AGRAPTOCORIXA
   1. A. gestroi Kirkaldy

      ** gestroi Kirkaldy **: **.
      **; **.

      
      
   2. A. swierstrai Hutchinson

      Agraptocorixa swiertrai Hutchinson 19**: 446.
      **; **.

      
      
   
   

   Subfamily: STENOCORIXINAE

5. Genus: STENOCORIXA
   1. S. protusa Horvath

      Stenocorixa protusa Horvath 1926: 2.
      KwaZulu-Natal; **.

REFERENCES

Janssons, A. & REAVELL, P.E. 1999.

North American species of Trichocorixa introduced into Africa. African Entomology 7: 295-297.