Micronectidae is a family of water boatmen often referred to as pygmy water boatmen.

They were originally classified as a subfamily under Corixidae but were raised to family level by Nieser (2002).

[1] There are two subfamilies, Micronectinae with 6 genera and Synaptogobiinae with one genus.

[2][3] Data sources: i = ITIS,[2] c = Catalogue of Life,[4] g = GBIF,[5] b = Bugguide.net[6]