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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Aquatic Bugs (Nepomorpha) » Nepoidea » Giant Water Bugs (Belostomatidae) » Lethocerinae » Lethocerus » Uhler's Water Bug (Lethocerus uhleri)

Species Lethocerus uhleri - Uhler's Water Bug

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · See Also · Works Cited
Lethocerus sp. - Lethocerus uhleri Not certain on ID - Lethocerus uhleri Giant Water Bug - Lethocerus americanus - Lethocerus uhleri Which Lethocerus - Lethocerus uhleri Giant Water Bug - Lethocerus uhleri Strange Insect - Lethocerus uhleri giant water bug - 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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