The giant water bug Belostoma testaceum eating a Red-spotted Newt in Frederick Co., Maryland (9/24/2013).
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Belostoma testaceum in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Emilio Concari, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Belostoma testaceum in Montgomery Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Emilio Concari, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Belostoma testaceum in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Emilio Concari, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Belostoma testaceum in Montgomery Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Emilio Concari, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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The giant water bug Belostoma testaceum eating a Red-spotted Newt in Frederick Co., Maryland (9/24/2013).
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Belostoma testaceum in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Emilio Concari, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Belostoma testaceum in Montgomery Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Emilio Concari, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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| Belostoma testaceum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Belostomatidae |
| Genus: | Belostoma |
| Species: | B. testaceum
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| Binomial name | |
| Belostoma testaceum (Leidy, 1847)
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Belostoma testaceum is a species of giant water bug in the family Belostomatidae.[1][2][3] It is found in the eastern United States from New York south to southern Florida and west to Texas and Michigan.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Belostoma testaceum Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Belostoma testaceum". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Belostoma testaceum species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ Pintar, Matthew R. (2023). "Two new records of aquatic Hemiptera (Belostomatidae, Mesoveliidae) from southern Florida, with keys to the genera Belostoma Latreille, 1807 and Mesovelia Mulsant and Rey, 1852 in Florida and the northern Caribbean" (PDF). Aquatic Insects. 44 (1): 36–51. doi:10.1080/01650424.2022.2070218.
- ^ Henry, Thomas J.; Froeschner, Richard C., eds. (1988). Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States. Boca Raton, FL: St. Lucie Press. p. 53. ISBN 978-1-315-89134-7.
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