Taxonomy Profile: Lethocerus americanus (Leidy 1847)

Lethocerus americanus: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Lethocerus (Lethocerus) americanus
Leidy 1847
Common Name(s):
giant water bug []
léthocère []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Lethocerus americanus: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Protostomia
Superdivision : Ecdysozoa
Phylum : Arthropoda
arthropods |
Artrópode |
arthropodes |
Subphylum : Hexapoda
hexapods |
Class : Insecta
insects |
hexapoda |
inseto |
insectes |
Subclass : Pterygota
winged insects |
insects ailés |
Infraclass : Neoptera
modern, wing-folding insects |
Superorder : Paraneoptera
Order : Hemiptera
true bugs |
hemipterans |
Suborder : Heteroptera
true bugs |
barbeiro |
maria fedida |
percevejo |
heteropterans |
Infraorder : Nepomorpha
aquatic bugs |
water bugs |
Superfamily : Nepoidea
Family : Belostomatidae
electric light bugs |
giant water bugs |
Subfamily : Lethocerinae
Genus : Lethocerus
Species : Lethocerus americanus
giant water bug |
léthocère |
Lethocerus americanus Direct Children(s):
Lethocerus americanus: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Lethocerus americanus
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Henry, Thomas J., and Richard C. Froeschner, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1988-01-01 / 1988-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States
Page(s):
xix + 958
Publisher:
E. J. Brill
Publication Place:
New York, New York, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-916846-44-X/
Notes:
Reference for:
Lethocerus americanus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
De Carlo, José A.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1964-01-01 / 1964-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Genero Lethocerus Mayr (Hemiptera-Belostomatidae)
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Physis, vol. 24, no. 68
Page(s):
337-350
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/
Notes:
Reference for:
Lethocerus americanus
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Pérez Goodwyn, Pablo J.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2006-04-20 / 2006-04-20
Article/Chapter Title:
Taxonomic revision of the subfamily Lethocerinae Lauck & Menke (Heteroptera: Belostomatidae)
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, ser. A (Biologie), no. 695
Page(s):
1-71
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/0341-0145
Notes:
Reference for:
Lethocerus americanus
Lethocerus americanus: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
North America
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Canada / Native
Lethocerus americanus: Comments