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Eastern Toe-Biter (Benacus griseus)
Species
Benacus griseus
- Eastern Toe-Biter
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.
Contributed by
Chuck Entz
on 5 February, 2006 - 7:55pm
Additional contributions by
Robin McLeod
,
v belov
Last updated 21 July, 2023 - 8:15pm