lesser water boatman
corixa punctata latin

The lesser water boatman (Corixa punctata) is a water-dwelling insect of the order Hemiptera.

Micronecta scholtzi, also known as the lesser water boatman, is a species of water boatman in the family Corixidae in the order Hemiptera.

Members of the Corixidae are known in the United States as water boatmen, a term that is sometimes used in the United Kingdom for Notonecta glauca, a bug of a different family, Notonectidae, and Corixa punctata is the "lesser water boatman".