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...

taxa: Auth. Leach, 1815 Abedus Stål, 1862 Appasus Amyot & Serville, 1843 Belostoma Latreille, 1807 Diplonychus Laporte de Castelnau, 1833 (synonym Sphaerodema...

Belostoma flumineum is a North American species of giant water bug (family Belostomatidae). They are a common predator in ponds and wetlands. They are...

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...

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...

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"...

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...

Belostoma lutarium is a species of giant water bug in the family Belostomatidae. It is found in North America. "Belostoma lutarium Report". Integrated...

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...

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...

Heteroptera Family: Belostomatidae Genus: Lethocerus Species: L. patruelis Binomial name Lethocerus patruelis (Stål, 1854) Synonyms Belostoma patruele...

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...

Amargosa tryonia snail, the Amargosa springsnail, the Saratoga Springs belostoma bug, the Amargosa naucorid bug, and the Death Valley June beetle. Plant...

(Belostomatidae, Mesoveliidae) from southern Florida, with keys to the genera Belostoma Latreille, 1807 and Mesovelia Mulsant and Rey, 1852 in Florida and the...

after a long illness. Her works include Studies on the Pleuropodia of Belostoma flumineum Say and Ranatra fusca Palisot de Beauvois, with a discussion...

observed attached to the wings or hemelytra of the water bug species Belostoma flumineum (Hemiptera: Belostomatidae). This observation suggests that...

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...

hellerii (green swordtail) Aleurodicus dispersus (spiralling whitefly) Belostoma bifoveolatum (giant water bug) from South America Bemisia tabaci (silverleaf...

Abedus immaculatus was originally described by Thomas Say in 1832 as Belostoma fluminea var. immaculata, redescribed as A. cantralli in 1950, with the...

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...

Assabet's waters include common water strider, giant water bugs of the genus Belostoma, grousewinged backswimmer and other species of backswimmers, various species...