Scarabaeides Germar 1839 (giant water bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Belostomatidae

Synonyms: Mesobelostomum Haase 1890 [objective synonym], Stanislavia Lakshiminarayana 1984, Stanislawia Lakshiminarayana 1984

Full reference: E. F. Germar. 1839. Die versteinerten Insecten Solenhofens. Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum 19(1):187-222

Parent taxon: Belostomatidae according to F. T. Krell 2000

See also Handlirsch 1906, Nel and Paicheler 1992, Popov 1971 and Popov 1992

Sister taxa: Aenictobelostoma, Belostoma goldfussi, Belostomates, Belostomates speciosum, Belostomatinae, Diplonychus rotundatus, Lethocerinae, Lethopterus, Manocerus, Sphaerodema, Stygeonepinae, Triassonepa

Subtaxa: Scarabaeides deperditus

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Type: Scarabaeides deperditus

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Germany (7 collections)

Total: 7 collections including 9 occurrences

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