Belostoma is a genus of insects in the hemipteran family Belostomatidae, known colloquially as giant water bugs. Members of this genus are native to freshwater...
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Belostoma flumineum is a North American species of giant water bug (family Belostomatidae). They are a common predator in ponds and wetlands. They are...
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taxa: Auth. Leach, 1815 Abedus Stål, 1862 Appasus Amyot & Serville, 1843 Belostoma Latreille, 1807 Diplonychus Laporte de Castelnau, 1833 (synonym Sphaerodema...
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5–6 cm (2.0–2.4 in). It was originally classified as a species in genus Belostoma. Commonly found in ponds, marshes, and on the edges of lakes and slow-moving...
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Belostoma bakeri is a species of giant water bug in the family Belostomatidae. It is found in Central America and North America. "Belostoma bakeri Report"...
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Belostoma testaceum is a species of giant water bug in the family Belostomatidae. It is found in the eastern United States from New York south to southern...
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Belostoma minor is a species of giant water bug in the family Belostomatidae. It is found in the northern Caribbean bioregion, with records in Cuba, the...
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Belostoma lutarium is a species of giant water bug in the family Belostomatidae. It is found in North America. "Belostoma lutarium Report". Integrated...
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China, the Ryukyu Islands, and New Guinea. It was originally described as Belostoma indicum but is no longer placed in that genus. This insect is well known...
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J.E. (1989). "Parental care and foraging ability in male water bugs (Belostoma flumineum)". Canadian Journal of Zoology. 67 (2): 513–515. doi:10.1139/z89-074...
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Butenandt A, Tam N (1957). "About a sex-specific fragnance of the water bug Belostoma indica vitalis (Lethocerus indcus Lep.)". Hoppe-Seyler's Z Physiol Chem...
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Heteroptera Family: Belostomatidae Genus: Lethocerus Species: L. patruelis Binomial name Lethocerus patruelis (Stål, 1854) Synonyms Belostoma patruele...
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Amargosa tryonia snail, the Amargosa springsnail, the Saratoga Springs belostoma bug, the Amargosa naucorid bug, and the Death Valley June beetle. Plant...
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(Belostomatidae, Mesoveliidae) from southern Florida, with keys to the genera Belostoma Latreille, 1807 and Mesovelia Mulsant and Rey, 1852 in Florida and the...
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after a long illness. Her works include Studies on the Pleuropodia of Belostoma flumineum Say and Ranatra fusca Palisot de Beauvois, with a discussion...
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observed attached to the wings or hemelytra of the water bug species Belostoma flumineum (Hemiptera: Belostomatidae). This observation suggests that...
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however, it was found that the mollies are hunted by a large water bug (Belostoma spp). Tobler collected the bug and both types of mollies, placed them...
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hellerii (green swordtail) Aleurodicus dispersus (spiralling whitefly) Belostoma bifoveolatum (giant water bug) from South America Bemisia tabaci (silverleaf...
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to feed on mangos fallen into a stream and being predated by crabs and Belostoma diving bugs. Charadrahyla pinorum is an uncommon species. It is threatened...
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Assabet's waters include common water strider, giant water bugs of the genus Belostoma, grousewinged backswimmer and other species of backswimmers, various species...
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Abedus immaculatus was originally described by Thomas Say in 1832 as Belostoma fluminea var. immaculata, redescribed as A. cantralli in 1950, with the...
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