AntsAntsArachnidsArachnids
BeesBeesBeetlesBeetles
BookliceBookliceBugsBugs
BumblebeesBumblebeesButterfliesButterflies
CicadasCicadasCrane fliesCrane flies
DragonfliesDragonfliesEarwigsEarwigs
FliesFliesIsopodsIsopods
LocustsLocustsMantisesMantises
MayfliesMayfliesMosquitoesMosquitoes
MyriapodsMyriapodsNet-wingedNet-winged
Plant-parasiticPlant-parasiticScorpion fliesScorpion flies
TermitesTermitesWaspsWasps
INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT
Home Arthropoda Imprint Contact
TAXFAMGENSPESUB
⌕
Checklist for Family Belostomatidae Leach, 1815 (Alligator ticks)
and region Clay County (Iowa, USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
235
933
1207
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
234
932
1206
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
220
897
1142
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
38
107
114
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs
32
100
107
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs
17
43
46
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Nepomorpha
Popov, 1971
Aquatic bugs, True water bugs, Water bugs
4
6
6
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Nepoidea
Latreille, 1802
1
2
2
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyBelostomatidae
Leach, 1815
Alligator ticks, Electric light bugs, Electric-light bugs
2
2
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Clay County (Iowa)
2 Genera with 2 Species
Belostoma Latreille, 1832giant water bug1SpeciesTaxom
Lethocerus Mayr, 1847Giant Water Bug1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Clay County (Iowa)
2 Species
Belostoma flumineum Say, 1832Giant water bug
Lethocerus (Lethocerus) americanus Leidy, 1847American Giant Water Bug

Subnodes of Belostomatidae with occurrences in Clay County (Iowa)
SubfamilyBelostomatinae
Leach, 1815
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLethocerinae
Lauck & Menke, 1961
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Belostomatidae at gbif.org
Belostomatidae at irmng.org
Belostomatidae at itis.gov