A Review of the Genus Lethocerus in North and Central America, including the West Indies (Hemiptera: Belostomatidae)

Menke, A. S.

doi:10.1093/aesa/56.3.261

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“…After the above cited works, isolated descriptions of species and studies on specific families or genera were made (Martin 1928, Anderson, 1932, Hungerford 1933, Hungerford & Evans 1934, Drake 1938, Kuitert 1942, Drake & Harris 1942, 1943, Hungerford 1948, Drake 1952, Truxal 1953, Hungerford 1954, Drake & De Carlo 1953, Drake & Hussey 1955, Lauck 1959, Menke 1963, Drake & Van Doesburg 1966. Those studies added 27 species to Cuban fauna, including records for Ochteridae and Hebridae, and ensuring the occurrence of Gelastocoridae.…”

Section: Brief History Of Cuban Aquatic and Semiaquatic Heteropteramentioning

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Taxonomy and distribution of aquatic and semiaquatic Heteroptera (Insecta) from Cuba

Naranjo¹,

Riviaux²,

Moreira

et al. 2009

RBT

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Heteroptera is a worldwide distributed group of insects inhabiting both terrestrial and aquatic habitats and has an important ecological role. A survey of aquatic and semiaquatic Heteroptera from Cuba is provided based on literature reports and field collections. General data on species geographical distribution are given, along with altitude and collection season. Representatives of 86 species and morphospecies of the infraorders Dipsocoromorpha, Leptopodomorpha, Gerromorpha and Nepomorpha are listed, distributed in 35 genera and 16 families were found. Based on distributional data, a preference for habitats of stagnant water or slow current and lower altitudes is inferred. Fifteen species are distributed throughout the entire island. A higher species diversity was found in the Eastern sector, with 53 species (61.63%), 16 of which (18.60%) are confined to this area. The strongest biological similarity was found between Eastern and Western sectors (25%), and the weakest between Western and Central sectors (14%).

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Taxonomy and distribution of aquatic and semiaquatic Heteroptera (Insecta) from Cuba

Naranjo¹,

Riviaux²,

Moreira

et al. 2009

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“…LeConte (Grinnell, 1908) Order Hemiptera (true bugs) Family Corixidae (water boatmen) undetermined species (Pierce, 1947a) Family Notonectidae (backswimmers) Notonecta species (Pierce, 1947a(Pierce, , 1948a Family Belostomatidae (giant water bugs) Lethocerus americanus (Leidy) (Usinger, 1956;Lauck and Menke, 1961;Menke, 1963Menke, , 1979a undetermined species (Pierce, 1947a) Family Histeridae (hister beetles) (Pierce, 1947a) Saprinus species undetermined species Family Hydrophilidae (water scavenger beetles)…”

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Late Quaternary Insects of Rancho La Brea and McKittrick, California

Miller

1983

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Asphalt-impregnated sediments at Rancho La Brea (Los Angeles County) and McKittrick (Kern County) in California provide a rich Quaternary insect record. Ages of various sites at Rancho La Brea range from more than 40,000 14C yr B.P. to modern. McKittrick insects studied by W. D. Pierce are not contemporaneous with the late Pleistocene vertebrate fauna, but are only about 7000 14C yr old. The major paleoecological groupings are: (1) ground dwellers, (2) aquatics. (3) scavengers, and (4) miscellaneous. Contrary to conclusions of earlier authors, most specimens represent modern species. Only two apparent terminal Pleistocene extinctions are recognized. both dung beetles (Scarabaeidae).

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“…Belostomatidae (toe-biters or electriclight bugs) and Nepidae are constantly associated with vegetation, where they cling on with the tip of the abdomen in contact with the surface fi lm (Hungerford 1919 ;Keffer 1996 ). In general, these bugs are observed in stagnant waters or small streams with slow current (Menke 1963 ;Keffer 1996 ). Until recently, no members of Horvathinia Montandon had been collected in the aquatic habitat.…”

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“…Belostomatidae, Gelastocoridae, Naucoridae, Nepidae, and Potamocoridae have raptorial forelegs, with enlarged femora and cylindrical tibiae. Lethocerus Mayr has frequently been observed feeding on animals many times larger than themselves: fi shes, frogs, salamanders, and freshwater snakes (Menke 1963 ). In the laboratory, adults of Lethocerus killed and digested a large Hydrophilus Geoffrey and those of Belostoma malkini Lauck, the freshwater shrimp Palaemonetes Heller, the large tree frog Hypsiboas crepitans (Wied-Neuwied), and the fi shes Poecilia Bloch & Schneider and Rivulus Poey (Cullen 1969 ).…”

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The True Water Bugs (Nepomorpha)

Barbosa

Rodrigues

2015

True Bugs (Heteroptera) of the Neotropics

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The infraorder Nepomorpha is one of the most specialized groups of heteropterans, with most of its species spending the entire life cycle within the water. True water bugs include ten families, 52 genera, and approximately 730 species in the Neotropical region, which shelters about 30 % of the global diversity of the group. Despite this fact, little is known about their biology, ecology, and geographical distribution in the Neotropics. Several genera need to be revised and many species remain with outdated descriptions. The systematics of the infraorder, although has received little attention in recent years, remains with various unresolved questions, and no phylogenetic study was conducted for any endemic group of this region.

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A Review of the Genus Lethocerus in North and Central America, including the West Indies (Hemiptera: Belostomatidae)

Cited by 18 publications

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Taxonomy and distribution of aquatic and semiaquatic Heteroptera (Insecta) from Cuba

Taxonomy and distribution of aquatic and semiaquatic Heteroptera (Insecta) from Cuba

Late Quaternary Insects of Rancho La Brea and McKittrick, California

The True Water Bugs (Nepomorpha)

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