Belostoma minor
Belostoma minor is a species of giant water bug in the family Belostomatidae.[1][2][3] It is found in the northern Caribbean bioregion, with records in Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, and southern Florida in the continental United States.[4]
Belostoma minor | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Heteroptera |
Family: | Belostomatidae |
Genus: | Belostoma |
Species: | B. minor |
Binomial name | |
Belostoma minor (Palisot de Beauvois, 1805) | |
References
- "Belostoma minor Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
- "Belostoma minor". GBIF. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
- "Belostoma minor species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
- Pintar, Matthew R. (2023). "Two new records of aquatic Hemiptera (Belostomatidae, Mesoveliidae) from southern Florida, with keys to the genera Belostoma Latreille, 1807 and Mesovelia Mulsant and Rey, 1852 in Florida and the northern Caribbean" (PDF). Aquatic Insects. 44 (1): 36–51. doi:10.1080/01650424.2022.2070218.
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