Belostomatidae

Abedus indentatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Nepoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Paraneoptera Superordo: Condylognatha Ordo: Hemiptera Subordo: Heteroptera Infraordo: Nepomorpha Superfamilia: Nepoidea

Familia: Belostomatidae
Subfamiliae (3 + 1†): Belostomatinae – Horvathiniinae – Lethocerinae – †Stygeonepinae

Overview of genera (11+2†)

Abedus – Appasus – Belostoma – Benacus – Diplonychus – Horvathinia – Hydrocyrius – Kirkaldyia – Lethocerus – Limnogeton – Weberiella – †Iberonepa – †Stygeonepa

Name

Belostomatidae Leach, 1815

• Belostomida Leach, 1815: 123

References

• Estévez, A.L. & Ribeiro, J.R.I. 2011. Weberiella De Carlo, 1966 (Insecta: Heteroptera: Belostomatidae) revisited: redescription with a key to the genera of Belostomatidae and considerations on back-brooding behaviour. Zoologischer anzeiger 250(1): 46–54. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2010.11.002
• Lauck, D.R. & Menke, A.S. 1961. The higher classification of the Belostomatidae (Hemiptera). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 54(5): 644–657. Reference page. 
• Leach, W.E. 1815. Entomology [pp. 57–172]. In: Brewster, D. (Ed). Brewster’s Edinburgh Encyclopedia. Volume IX [part I]. W. Blackwood, J. Waugh, etc., Edinburgh, 764 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Ribeiro, J.R.I., Ohba, S.-Y., Pluot-Sigwalt, D., Stefanello, F., Bu, W., Meyin-A-Ebong, S.E., & Guilbert, E. 2018. Phylogenetic analysis and revision of subfamily classification of Belostomatidae genera (Insecta: Heteroptera: Nepomorpha). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 182: 319–359. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx041
• Schuh, R.T., & Weirauch, C. 2020. True Bugs of the World (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Classification and Natural History (2nd ed.). Siri Scientific Press, 768 pp.

Vernacular names

• English: Giant water bugs
• suomi: Jättivesiluteet
• 日本語: コオイムシ科
• 中文: 負蝽科

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