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Species Ranatra quadridentata

Unknown Ranatra (Hemiptera: Nepidae) - Ranatra quadridentata

Ranatra quadridentata? - Ranatra quadridentata

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 Nepidae (Waterscorpions)

Genus Ranatra

Species quadridentata (Ranatra quadridentata)

Explanation of Names

Ranatra quadridentata Stål 1862

Range

southern CA east to central TX

Remarks

Arizona's most common waterscorpion and the only one in this genus in southern Arizona.

Contributed by v belov on 26 March, 2009 - 3:34pm
Additional contributions by metrioptera, mpintar
Last updated 7 February, 2021 - 12:48pm

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