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Lethocerus (giant water bug)
Taxonomy
Lethocerus was named by Mayr (1853). It is extant. It is the type genus of Lethocerinae.
It was assigned to Belostomatidae by Říha and Kukalová (1967) and Miller (1983); and to Lethocerinae by Nel and Paicheler (1992), Nel and Waller (2006), Ribeiro et al. (2018) and Moura-Júnior et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Belostomatidae by Říha and Kukalová (1967) and Miller (1983); and to Lethocerinae by Nel and Paicheler (1992), Nel and Waller (2006), Ribeiro et al. (2018) and Moura-Júnior et al. (2021).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1853 | Lethocerus Mayr |
| 1967 | Lethocerus Říha and Kukalová p. 259 |
| 1983 | Lethocerus Miller p. 101 |
| 1992 | Lethocerus Nel and Paicheler p. 161 |
| 2002 | Paranoika Zamboni et al. |
| 2006 | Lethocerus Nel and Waller p. 63 |
| 2018 | Lethocerus Ribeiro et al. |
| 2021 | Lethocerus 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.
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]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available