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Lethocerus Mayr 1853

Description

Lethocerus Mayr, 1853

Comment. Perez Goodwyn (2006) raised the Nearctic subgenus Benacus Stål, 1861 and resurrected the synonym Kirkaldyia Montandon, 1909, both as valid genera. Therefore, Lethocerus Mayr, 1853 includes now only the nominotypical subgenus.

Notes

Published as part of Fent, Meral, Kment, Petr, Çamur-Elipek, Belgin & Kirgiz, Timur, 2011, Annotated catalogue of Enicocephalomorpha, Dipsocoromorpha, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha, and Leptopodomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of Turkey, with new records 2856, pp. 1-84 in Zootaxa 2856 (1) on page 12, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2856.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5286719

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Mayr
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Belostomatidae
Genus
Lethocerus
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Lethocerus Mayr, 1853 sec. Fent, Kment, Çamur-Elipek & Kirgiz, 2011

References

  • Perez Goodwyn, P. J. (2006) Taxonomic revision of the subfamily Lethocerinae Lauck & Menke (Heteroptera: Belostomatidae). Stuttgarter Beitrage zur Naturkunde, Serie A (Biologie), 695, 1 - 71.