Lethocerus patruelis
| Lethocerus patruelis | |
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| Lethocerus patruelis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Family: | Belostomatidae |
| Genus: | Lethocerus |
| Species: | L. patruelis |
| Binomial name | |
| Lethocerus patruelis (Stål, 1854) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Belostoma patruele | |
Lethocerus patruelis is a giant water bug in the family Belostomatidae. It is native to southeastern Europe, through Southwest Asia, to Pakistan, India and Burma.[1] It is the largest European true bug and aquatic insect.[2] Adult females are typically 7–8 cm (2.8–3.1 in) long, while the adult males are 6–7 cm (2.4–2.8 in).[1]
References
- 1 2 Perez-Goodwyn, P. J. (2006). Taxonomic revision of the subfamily Lethocerinae Lauck & Menke (Heteroptera: Belostomatidae)". Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A (Biologie) 695: 1–71.
- ↑ Grozeva, Snejana; Kuznetsova, Valentina; Simov, Nikolay; Langourov, Mario; Dalakchieva, Svetla (2013). "Sex chromosome pre-reduction in male meiosis of Lethocerus patruelis (Stål, 1854) (Heteroptera, Belostomatidae) with some notes on the distribution of the species". ZooKeys 319: 119–135. doi:10.3897/zookeys.319.4384. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 3764518. PMID 24039515.
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