†Lethonectes naucoroides Popov et al. 1994 (giant water bug)
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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
Belongs to Lethonectes according to Y. A. Popov et al. 1994
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: BMNH In 49615, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Flatstones, Stonebarrow, Charmouth (Jackson collection), which is in an Obtusum marine mudstone in the United Kingdom.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Flatstones, Stonebarrow, Charmouth (Jackson collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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