Belostoma

Belostoma is a genus of insects in the hemipteran family Belostomatidae, known colloquially as giant water bugs. Members of this genus are native to freshwater habitats in the Americas, with the greatest species richness in tropical South America.[1] Most species in the family Belostomatidae have historically been included in Belostoma, but several of these have been moved to other genera (although Belostoma remains a genus with many members).[1][2]

Belostoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Family:	Belostomatidae
Genus:	Belostoma Latreille, 1807

Species

The following species belong to the genus Belostoma:

• Belostoma bakeri Montandon, 1913 ^{i c g b}
• Belostoma boscii Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau & Audinet-Serville, 1825 ^g
• Belostoma confusum Lauck, 1959 ^{i c g}
• Belostoma denticolle Montandon, 1903 ^g
• Belostoma ellipticum Latreille, 1817 ^{i c g}
• Belostoma fakir Gistl, 1848 ^g
• Belostoma flumineum Say, 1832 ^{i c g b}
• Belostoma foveolatum (Mayr, 1863) ^g
• Belostoma fusciventre (Dufour, 1863) ^{i c g}
• Belostoma grande Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843 ^g
• Belostoma lutarium (Stål, 1855) ^{i c g b}
• Belostoma martini ^g
• Belostoma minor ^g
• Belostoma saratogae Menke, 1958 ^{i c g}
• Belostoma stollii (Amyot & Audinet-Serville, 1843) ^g
• Belostoma subspinosum (Palisot, 1820) ^{i c g}
• Belostoma testaceopallidum Latreille, 1807 ^{i c g}
• Belostoma testaceum (Leidy, 1847) ^{i c g b}

Data sources: i = ITIS,[3] c = Catalogue of Life,[4] g = GBIF,[5] b = Bugguide.net[6]

References

1. Ribero, J. R. I. (2007). A review of the species of Belostoma Latreille, 1807 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Belostomatidae) from the four southeastern Brazilian states. Zootaxa 1477: 1-70.
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.
3. "Belostoma Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
4. "Browse Belostoma". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
5. "Belostoma". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
6. "Belostoma Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-01.

External links

• "Fishkiller" . New International Encyclopedia. 1905.