Major Group: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Belostomatidae
Genus: Lethocerus |
Descriptive Features: elongate oval water bugs
antennal segments 2 and 3 each with 1 finger-like projection, segment 4 with 2 projections
hind tibia and tarsus very flat and broadly dilated, much broader than mid tibia and tarsus
fore tarsus 3-segmented, although often appearing 2-segmented externally
anterior claw of fore leg large, posterior claw vestigial or absent
abdominal sternites 4-6 subdivided into mediosternites and parasternites by a weak suture-like fold which originates at the basal angle of the subgenital plate (operculum)
abdominal spiracles situated on the mesal margin of the ventral laterotergites
abdominal air-straps long, mesal margins nearly contiguous
Total length: 50 - 70 mm |
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Lethocerus insulanus |
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Taxonomic Checklist: Species
Lethocerus distinctifemur Menke
Lethocerus insulanus Montandon |
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Distribution: Qld, NT, NSW
Functional Feeding Group: predators |
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Lake Hume, Tallgarno NSW |
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Information Sources: Andersen & Weir 2004, Cassis & Gross 1995, Gooderham & Tsyrlin 2002, Hawking & Smith 1997
Key to Species: Andersen & Weir 2004 |
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