Taxonomy of Family Belostomatidae Leach, 1815
Alligator ticks, Electric light bugs, Electric-light bugs, Fleas, Giant Water Bug, Giant water bugs, Giant waterbugs, Indian toe-biters, Toe biters, Toe-biters
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 4179
190570
2444470 | Families
Genera
Species |
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 3816
189502
2439455 | Families
Genera
Species |
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 3399
186457
2415487 | Families
Genera
Species |
Superorder
| Paraneoptera
Martynov, 1923
| 710
28641
240164 | Families
Genera
Species |
Order
| Hemiptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs | 564
25824
208282 | Families
Genera
Species |
Suborder
| Heteroptera
Latreille, 1810
Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs | 124
8215
65100 | Families
Genera
Species |
Infraorder
| Nepomorpha
Popov, 1971
Aquatic bugs, True water bugs, Water bugs | 14
410
4319 | Families
Genera
Species |
Superfamily
| Nepoidea
Latreille, 1802
| 2
78
784 | Families
Genera
Species | | Family | Belostomatidae
Leach, 1815
Alligator ticks, Electric light bugs, Electric-light bugs | 55
354 | Genera
Species |
Subnodes of Belostomatidae Leach, 1815 | Subfamily | Belostomatinae
Leach, 1815
| 10
254 | Genera
Species | | Subfamily | Horvathiniinae
Lauck and Menke, 1961
| 1
10 | Genus
Species | | Subfamily | Hovarthiniinae
Lauck & Menke, 1961
| 0
0 | Genera
Species | | Subfamily | Lethocerinae
Lauck & Menke, 1961
| 3
46 | Genera
Species | | Genus | Aenictobelostoma ♰
Polhemus, 2000
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Amyotella
Spinola, 1850
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Araripebelostomum
Nel & Paicheler, 1993
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Atomya
Spinola, 1850
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Belastoma
| 6 | Species | | Genus | Belostomates ♰
Schöberlin, 1888
| 2 | Species | | Genus | Bembiciles
Latreille, 1802
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Cyclodema
Dufour, 1863
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Deinostoma
Kirkaldy, 1897 ⇒ Abedus
| 3 | Species | | Genus | Diplonycha
Spinola, 1837
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Iberonepa ♰
Martínez-Delclòs & al., 1995
| 2 | Species | | Genus | Iliastus
Gistl, 1847
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Lethonectes ♰
Popov & al., 1994
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Lethopterus ♰
Popov, 1989
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Manocerus ♰
Zhang, 1989
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Mesobelostomum ♰
Haase, 1890 ⇒ Scarabaeides
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Mesonepa ♰
Handlirsch, 1906
| 2 | Species | | Genus | Muljaris
Lee, 1991
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Muljarus
Lee, 1991
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Nectocoris
Mayr, 1871
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Neponymphes ♰
Zamboni, 2001
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Nervinops
Dufour, 1863
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Nettelstedtia ♰
Popov & al., 2000
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Odrowazicoris ♰
Popov, 1996
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Parabedus
De Carlo, 1951
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Paranoika
Zamboni et al., 2002
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Pedinocoris
Mayr, 1863
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Perthostoma
Leidy, 1847
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Propoissonia
Nel & Paicheler, 1993
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Pseudoabedus
De Carlo, 1951 ⇒ Abedus
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Scarabaeides ♰
Germar, 1839
| 3 | Species | | Genus | Sinobelostoma ♰
Zhao & Hong, 1989
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Sinoblatta ♰
Grabau, 1923
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Sphoerodema
Laporte, 1832
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Stanislavia
Lakshiminarayana, 1984
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Stanislawia
Lakshiminarayana, 1984
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Stenoscytus
Mayr, 1863
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Stygeonepa
Popov, 1971
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Tarsabedus ♰
Popov & al., 1994
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Triassonepa
Criscione & Grimaldi, 2017
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Zaitha
Amyot & Serville, 1843 ⇒ Belostoma
| 6 | Species |
Synonyms
Native, vernacular names and spellings of Belostomatidae
| German | Riesenwanzen, Riesenwasserwanzen | | English | Alligator ticks, Electric light bugs, Electric-light bugs, Fleas, Giant Water Bug, Giant water bugs, Giant waterbugs, Indian toe-biters, Toe biters, Toe-biters | | Dutch | Reuzenwaterwantsen | | Finnish | Jättivesiluteet |
Distribution and Species lists of Belostomatidae Leach, 1815
Distribution on islands
Found in fossile formations
Links, sources and further information Belostomatidae at gbif.org
Belostomatidae at irmng.org
Belostomatidae at itis.gov
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