†Lethopterus Popov 1989 (giant water bug)
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Insecta - Hemiptera - Belostomatidae
Full reference: Y. A. Popov. 1989. New fossil Hemiptera (Heteroptera and Coleorrhyncha) from the Mesozoic of Mongolia. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte 1977:166-181
Parent taxon: Belostomatidae according to A. Nel and J. C. Paicheler 1992
See also Popov 1989
Sister taxa: Aenictobelostoma, Belostoma goldfussi, Belostomates, Belostomates speciosum, Belostomatinae, Diplonychus rotundatus, Lethocerinae, Manocerus, Scarabaeides, Sphaerodema, Stygeonepinae, Triassonepa
Subtaxa: Lethopterus multinervosus
Type: Lethopterus multinervosus
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Bon Tsagaan (PIN collection 3559) (Cretaceous of Mongolia)
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