Lethocerus sulcifemoralis Říha and Kukalová 1967 (giant water bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Belostomatidae

Full reference: P. Říha and J. Kukalová. 1967. Eine Neue Tertiäre Wasserwanze aus dem Bechlejovicer diatomit (Heteroptera, Belomstomatidae). Acta Entomologica Bohemoslovaca 64:259-260

Belongs to Lethocerus according to A. Nel and J. C. Paicheler 1992

See also Říha and Kukalová 1967

Sister taxa: Lethocerus americanus, Lethocerus placidus, Lethocerus turgaicus

Type specimen: Museum of Sammlungon in Decin 1-2, an exoskeleton (broken body). Its type locality is Near Bechlejovice, which is in a Rupelian lacustrine - small diatomite in the Ústí Formation of Czechia.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Near Bechlejovice

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