Species
Lethocerus americanus (American giant water bug)
Lethocerus americanus. Photo: (c) John Christensen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Lethocerus americanus is a giant water bug in the family Belostomatidae, native to southern Canada and the United States (north of 35°N; other Lethocerus species are found southwards). It typically has a length around 5–6 cm (2.0–2.4 in). It was originally classified as a species in genus Belostoma.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
- Class: Insecta (Insects)
- Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
- Order: Hemiptera (True bugs, hoppers, aphids, and allies)
- Suborder: Heteroptera (True bugs)
- Infraorder: Nepomorpha (Water bugs)
- Superfamily: Nepoidea
- Family: Belostomatidae (Giant water bugs)
- Subfamily: Lethocerinae
- Genus: Lethocerus
- Species: Lethocerus americanus (American giant water bug)
- Genus: Lethocerus
- Subfamily: Lethocerinae
- Family: Belostomatidae (Giant water bugs)
- Superfamily: Nepoidea
- Infraorder: Nepomorpha (Water bugs)
- Suborder: Heteroptera (True bugs)
- Order: Hemiptera (True bugs, hoppers, aphids, and allies)
- Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
- Class: Insecta (Insects)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
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