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Belostomatidae (giant water bug)
Taxonomy
Belostomatidae was named by Leach (1815). It is extant. Its type is Belostoma.
It was assigned to Heteroptera by Zhang (1989); to Nepomorpha by Whalley (1985), Popov (1992) and Popov et al. (1994); to Hydrocorisae by Vega et al. (2006); and to Nepoidea by Popov (1971), Nel and Paicheler (1992), Popov (1996), Popov et al. (2000), Criscione and Grimaldi (2017), Szwedo (2018) and Moura-Júnior et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Heteroptera by Zhang (1989); to Nepomorpha by Whalley (1985), Popov (1992) and Popov et al. (1994); to Hydrocorisae by Vega et al. (2006); and to Nepoidea by Popov (1971), Nel and Paicheler (1992), Popov (1996), Popov et al. (2000), Criscione and Grimaldi (2017), Szwedo (2018) and Moura-Júnior et al. (2021).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1815 | Belostomatidae Leach p. 123 |
1837 | Belostoma goldfussii Germar figs. Pl 17 |
1853 | Diplonychus rotundatus Heer p. 85 figs. Pl 10, fig 10 |
1864 | Belostoma speciosum Heer p. 392 fig. 303 |
1888 | Belostomates speciosa Schöberlin p. 61 |
1907 | Belostomates speciosa Handlirsch p. 1065 |
1971 | Belostomatidae Popov |
1985 | Belostomatidae Whalley |
1989 | Belostomatidae Zhang p. 418 |
1992 | Belostomatidae Nel and Paicheler p. 161 |
1992 | Belostomatidae Popov p. 13 |
1994 | Belostomatidae Popov et al. p. 340 |
1996 | Belostomatidae Popov p. 102 |
2000 | Belostomatidae Popov et al. p. 85 |
2002 | Paranoikidae Zamboni et al. |
2006 | Belostomatidae Vega et al. p. 327 |
2017 | Belostomatidae Criscione and Grimaldi p. 1168 |
2018 | Belostomatidae Szwedo p. 112 |
2021 | Belostomatidae Moura-Júnior et al. p. 2 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. Belostomatidae Leach 1815 [giant water bug]
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G. †Belostomates Schöberlin 1888
Subfm. Belostomatinae Leach 1815
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G. †Araripebelostomum Nel and Paicheler 1992
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†Araripebelostomum martinsnetoi Nel and Paicheler 1992
Tr. Belostomatini Leach 1815
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G. Belostoma Latreille 1807 [giant water bug]
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Belostoma bakeri Montandon 1913
Invalid names: Zaitha Amyot and Audinet-Serville 1843 [synonym]
Subfm. Lethocerinae Lauck and Menke 1961
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G. Lethocerus Mayr 1853 [giant water bug]
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Lethocerus americanus Leidy 1847
†Lethocerus placidus Zamboni et al. 2002
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Invalid names: Lethocerus vetus Nel and Waller 2006 [synonym]
†Lethocerus sulcifemoralis Říha and Kukalová 1967
†Lethocerus turgaicus Popov 1971
Invalid names: Paranoika Zamboni et al. 2002 [synonym]
G. †Scarabaeides Germar 1839
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†Scarabaeides deperditus Germar 1839
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Invalid names: Belostomum hartingi Weyenbergh 1869 [synonym], Stanislawia ewaae Lakshiminarayana 1984 [synonym]
Invalid names: Mesobelostomum Haase 1890 [objective synonym]
Subfm. †Stygeonepinae Popov 1971
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Invalid names: Belostoma goldfussi Germar 1837 [nomen dubium], Belostomates speciosum Heer 1864 [nomen dubium], Diplonychus rotundatus Heer 1853 [nomen dubium], Paranoikidae Zamboni et al. 2002 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Norian to the top of the Holocene or 228.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 208.5 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 208.5 Ma
Collections (44 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Norian | USA (North Carolina) | Triassonepa solensis (106479) | |
Hettangian | Poland (Swietokrzyskie) | Odrowazicoris polonicus (123446) | |
Obtusum | United Kingdom (England) | Lethonectes naucoroides (114638) Tarsabedus menkei (114683) | |
Middle Callovian | USA (New Mexico) | Aenictobelostoma primitivum (124432) | |
Kimmeridgian | Germany (Wiehengebirge) | Nettelstedtia breitkreutzi (118013) | |
Early/Lower Tithonian | Germany (Bavaria) | Belostomatinae indet. (152603) Mesobelostomum deperditum, Mesonepa primordialis, Mesonepa minor (122586 139876) | |
Early/Lower Tithonian | Germany (Bayern) | Belostomum hartingi, Nepa primordialis, Belostoma deperditum (123906) Mesobelostomum deperditum, Mesonepa primordialis (123144) Mesobelostomum deperditum, Stanislawia ewaae (157329) Nepa primordialis, Belostoma deperditum (133578) Scarabaeides deperditus, Nepa primordialis, Stygeonepa foersteri (123985) Stygeonepa foersteri (172276) | |
Late/Upper Berriasian | United Kingdom (England) | Iberonepa sp. (104003) | |
Late/Upper Hauterivian | United Kingdom (Surrey) | Stygeonepinae indet. (74973) | |
Hauterivian | China (Gansu) | Sinobelostoma liui (140465) | |
Late/Upper Barremian | Spain (Cuenca) | Iberonepa roemerali (152992) | |
Late/Upper Barremian | Spain (Castilla-La Mancha) | Iberonepa roemerali (28006) | |
Aptian | Mongolia | Lethopterus multinervosus (103657) | |
Aptian | Mexico (Chiapas) | Belostomatidae indet. (68835) | |
Late/Upper Aptian | Brazil (Ceará) | Araripebelostomum martinsnetoi, Lethocerus vetus (122553) Lethocerus vetus (125508) Neponymphes godoii (122557 125510 216852) Paranoika placida (104659) | |
Tiffanian | Canada (Alberta) | Belostomatidae indet. (119816) | |
Priabonian | United Kingdom (England) | Lethocerus sp. (123959) | |
Rupelian | Czech Republic | Lethocerus sulcifemoralis (125914) | |
Late/Upper Oligocene | France (Aix-en-Provence) | Belostomatidae indet. (114117) | |
MP 30 | Germany | Belostoma goldfussii (115802) | |
Aquitanian | Turkey | Propoissonia beskonakensis (123307) | |
Aquitanian - Burdigalian | Russian Federation (Omsk) | Lethocerus turgaicus (172274) | |
Burdigalian | China (Shandong) | Manocerus stagnans (128550) Sphaerodema microcephalum (138944 138946) | |
Sarmatian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Belostoma speciosum (117252) Diplonychus rotundatus (115305) | |
Vallesian | Spain | Belostomatidae indet. (114010) | |
Messinian | France (Ardeche) | Belostomatidae indet. (122194) | |
Holocene | USA (California) | Belostoma bakeri (161518) Lethocerus americanus (161537) |