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    Asian Lethocerus (Kirkaldyia) deyrollei. In species of the subfamily Belostomatinae, the eggs are typically laid on the male's wings and carried until they...
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    Order: Hemiptera Suborder: Heteroptera Family: Belostomatidae Subfamily: Belostomatinae Genus: Diplonychus Laporte, 1833 Synonyms Atomya Spinola, 1850 Cyclodema...
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    exhibit male parental care. In Abedus and other species in the subfamily Belostomatinae (but not subfamily Lethocerinae), the female glues the eggs onto the...
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    line of the tibial setae. Unlike giant water bugs in the subfamily Belostomatinae, females do not lay the eggs on the backs of males. Instead, after copulation...
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    males and 62–63 mm of females. While giant water bugs in the subfamily Belostomatinae brood eggs on their back, species in the subfamily Lethocerinae oviposit...
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    exhibit male parental care. In Appasus and other species in the subfamily Belostomatinae (but not subfamily Lethocerinae), the female glues the eggs onto the...
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    of America North of Mexico. CRC press, 2, 284. O’Toole, C. (2009). Belostomatinae. In The New Encyclopedia of Insects and their Allies. Oxford University...
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