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Belostoma (giant water bug)
Taxonomy
Belostoma was named by Latreille (1807). It is extant. It is the type genus of Belostomatidae, Belostomatinae, Belostomatini.
It was assigned to Hemiptera by Weyenbergh (1869); to Belostomatinae by Nel and Paicheler (1992); and to Belostomatini by Ribeiro et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Hemiptera by Weyenbergh (1869); to Belostomatinae by Nel and Paicheler (1992); and to Belostomatini by Ribeiro et al. (2018).
Species
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1807 | Belostoma Latreille |
| 1843 | Zaitha Amyot and Audinet-Serville p. 430 |
| 1869 | Belostomum Weyenbergh |
| 1908 | Zaitha Cockerell p. 227 |
| 1992 | Belostoma Nel and Paicheler p. 164 |
| 2018 | Belostoma Ribeiro et al. |
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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.
G. Belostoma Latreille 1807 [giant water bug]
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Belostoma bakeri Montandon 1913
Invalid names: Zaitha Amyot and Audinet-Serville 1843 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||