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Species Belostoma flumineum

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Giant Water Bug - Belostoma flumineum Belostoma - Belostoma flumineum Belostoma flumineum Bug - Belostoma flumineum Aquatic Beetle - Belostoma flumineum Aquatic Beetle - Belostoma flumineum Superfamily Hydrophiloidea - Water Scavenger and Clown Beetles - Belostoma flumineum Buffalo Belostoma - Belostoma flumineum - male

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 Belostomatinae
Genus Belostoma
Species flumineum (Belostoma flumineum)

Explanation of Names

Belostoma flumineum Say 1832

Size

18-25 mm(1)

Range

QC-GA to MB-AZ(2); likely absent from FL(3)

Works Cited

1.Identification manual for the aquatic and semi-aquatic Heteroptera of Florida
Epler J.H. 2006. FL Dept. Env. Prot., Tallahassee, FL. 186 pp.
2.Choate P.M. () Giant water bugs, electric light bugs, Lethocerus, Abedus, Belostoma (Insecta: Hemiptera: Belostomatidae)
3.Two new records of aquatic Hemiptera (Belostomatidae, Mesoveliidae) from southern Florida, with keys to the genera Belostoma Lat
Pintar, M.R. 2023. Aquatic Insects.
Contributed by v belov on 2 February, 2010 - 8:21am
Additional contributions by mpintar
Last updated 7 June, 2022 - 4:35pm

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