Species list, Checklist of Family Belostomatidae (Alligator ticks) for Maputo Bay (Maputo Province, Mozambique)

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Checklist for Family Belostomatidae Leach, 1815 (Alligator ticks)
and region Maputo Bay (Maputo Province, Mozambique)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	127 578 690	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	127 578 690	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	125 573 685	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Paraneoptera Martynov, 1923	18 31 27	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Hemiptera Linnaeus, 1758 Aphids, Bugs, Cicadas, Hemipterans, Hoppers, True bugs	17 30 26	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Heteroptera Latreille, 1810 Bugs, Gerrids, Heteropterans, True bugs	10 20 17	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Nepomorpha Popov, 1971 Aquatic bugs, True water bugs, Water bugs	1 2 3	Family Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Nepoidea Latreille, 1802	1 2 3	Family Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Belostomatidae Leach, 1815 Alligator ticks, Electric light bugs, Electric-light bugs	2 3	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Maputo Bay
2 Genera with 3 Species

Appasus Amyot & Serv..., 1863		2	Species	Taxom
Lethocerus Mayr, 1853	Giant Water Bug	1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Maputo Bay
3 Species

Appasus nepoides Fabricius, 1803
Appasus urinator Dufour, 1863	Fernleaf yellow false foxglove
Lethocerus cordofanus (Mayr, 1853)	⇒ Lethocerus niloticus Stål, 1854

Subnodes of Belostomatidae with occurrences in Maputo Bay

Subfamily	Belostomatinae Leach, 1815	1 2	Genus Species	Taxom
Subfamily	Lethocerinae 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