Belostoma Latreille 1807 (giant water bug)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Belostomatidae

Synonym: Zaitha Amyot and Audinet-Serville 1843

Parent taxon: Belostomatini according to J. R. I. Ribeiro et al. 2018

See also Cockerell 1908, Hungerford 1932, Nel and Paicheler 1992 and Weyenbergh 1869

Sister taxon: Neponymphes

Subtaxa: Belostoma bakeri

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at McKittrick asphalt, site 4 (LACMIP 260), 4 feet depth (Quaternary of California)

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