Lethopterus Popov 1989 (giant water bug)

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

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Type: Lethopterus multinervosus

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Bon Tsagaan (PIN collection 3559) (Cretaceous of Mongolia)

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