Published February 28, 2013 | Version v1
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Belostomatidae OCCURRING IN

Description

KEY TO GENERA AND SPECIES OF BELOSTOMATIDAE OCCURRING IN SINGAPORE AND MALAYSIA

1. Very large species, body length exceeding 60 mm; body shape elongate-ovate and parallel-sided (Fig. 1), lateral margins of hemelytra straight; inner margins of eyes parallel...... Lethocerus indicus (Lepeletier & Serville)

– Smaller species, body length less than 20 mm; body shape more rounded, lateral margins of hemelytra outwardly arcuate (Fig. 2); inner margins of eyes convergent anteriorly.................. Diplonychus rusticus (Fabricius)

Notes

Published as part of Polhemus, Dan A. & Polhemus, John T., 2013, Guide To The Aquatic Heteroptera Of Singapore And Peninsular Malaysia. X. Infraorder Nepomorpha-Famlies Belostomatidae And Nepidae, pp. 25-45 in Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 61 (1) on page 26, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5351508

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
OCCURRING IN
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Hemiptera
Family
Belostomatidae
Taxon rank
family