Lethonectes Popov et al. 1994 (giant water bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Belostomatidae

Full reference: Y. A. Popov, W. R. Dolling, and P. E. S. Whalley. 1994. British Upper Triassic and Lower Jurassic Heteroptera and Coleorrhyncha (Insecta: Hemiptera). Genus 5(4):307-347

Parent taxon: Belostomatinae according to Y. A. Popov et al. 1994

Sister taxa: Araripebelostomum, Belostomatini, Diplonychini, Mesonepa, Nettelstedtia, Odrowazicoris, Propoissonia, Sinobelostoma, Tarsabedus

Subtaxa: Lethonectes naucoroides

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Type: Lethonectes naucoroides

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Flatstones, Stonebarrow, Charmouth (Jackson collection) (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

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