Species Lethocerus uhleri - Uhler's Water Bug

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · See Also · Works Cited

Lethocerus americanus? - Lethocerus uhleri

Florida Toe Biter for ID - Lethocerus uhleri

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)

Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)

Infraorder Nepomorpha (Aquatic Bugs)

Superfamily Nepoidea

Family Belostomatidae (Giant Water Bugs)

Subfamily Lethocerinae

Genus Lethocerus

Species uhleri (Uhler's Water Bug)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Lethocerus uhleri (Montandon 1896)

Size

♂ 42-53 mm, ♀ 46-55 mm(1)

Identification

middle and hind legs distinctly banded; interocular space not over three-fourths width of eye; costal margin almost straight and subparallel(2)(3)

difference between the fore and hind femora is the largest in the genus(1)

Range

e. US (MA-FL to so.ON-IA-e.TX) to Yucatan peninsula, Mex. - Map (1)(4), most common Lethocerus in FL(2)

Remarks

very common species, because of dispersal flights(1)

See Also

in L. americanus legs may be faintly banded but the interocular space is equal to width of eye

Works Cited

1.	Taxonomic revision of the subfamily Lethocerinae Lauck & Menke (Heteroptera: Belostomatidae) Perez-Goodwyn P.J. 2006. Stuttg. Beitr. Naturkd., A (Biologie) 695: 1–71.

2.	Identification manual for the aquatic and semi-aquatic Heteroptera of Florida Epler J.H. 2006. FL Dept. Env. Prot., Tallahassee, FL. 186 pp.

3.	Choate P.M. () Giant water bugs, electric light bugs, Lethocerus, Abedus, Belostoma (Insecta: Hemiptera: Belostomatidae)

4.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 25 May, 2007 - 12:19am
Additional contributions by Bbarnd, Mike Quinn, David Ferguson, v belov
Last updated 18 September, 2023 - 3:34pm

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