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Species Benacus griseus - Eastern Toe-Biter

True Bug? - Benacus griseus True Bug? - Benacus griseus Big Fat Water Bug - Benacus griseus My friend the Giant Water bug - Benacus griseus Giant Water Bug (Lethocerus americanus) ? - Benacus griseus benacus or lethocerus?  - Benacus griseus Water Bug - Benacus griseus water bug - Benacus griseus
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 Benacus
Species griseus (Eastern Toe-Biter)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Lethocerus griseus
Explanation of Names
Benacus griseus (Say 1832)
griseus 'gray'
Size
♂ 45-56 mm, ♀ 53-62 mm(1)
Range
e. Canada (QC-MB) to Honduras, West Indies(1)(2)(3)
Habitat
ponds and other bodies of still, shallow water
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.Choate P.M. () Giant water bugs, electric light bugs, Lethocerus, Abedus, Belostoma (Insecta: Hemiptera: Belostomatidae)
3.Checklist of the Hemiptera of Canada and Alaska
Maw, H.E.L., R.G. Foottit, K.G.A. Hamilton and G.G.E. Scudder. 2000. NRC Research Press.