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Arthropods
Giant Water Bug
Lethocerus medius
Authorship: (Guérin-Méneville)
Records
This large predaceous bug inhabits Echo Spring and occasionally Double Tank and Red Tank. It sometimes is attracted to lights around IMRS HQ.
Sources
[Davis, 2003, Mata-Silva et al., 2012, Menke, 1963, Herrera (UTEP), Horne (UTEP), McClure (UTEP), Worthington (UTEP)]
Taxonomic Classification
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda (Arthropods)
ClassInsecta (Insects)
OrderHEMIPTERA (True Bugs)
SuborderHETEROPTERA (Aquatic and Semiaquatic Bugs)
FamilyBELOSTOMATIDAE (Giant Water Bug Family)
GenusLethocerus
Speciesmedius