Lethocerus medius: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Family
- Belostomatidae
- Genus
- Lethocerus
- Species
- Lethocerus medius
- Scientific Name
- Lethocerus medius
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Lethocerus medius
Lethocerus medius is a species of giant water bug in the family Belostomatidae. It is found in Central America from northern Panama north throughout Mexico to southern Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas in the United States, and Cuba, Jamaica, the Cayman Islands, and the Bahamas.
They grow up to 49–58 mm for males and 62–63 mm of females.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Lethocerus americanus
- Lethocerus angustipes
- Lethocerus annulipes
- Lethocerus bruchi
- Lethocerus camposi
- Lethocerus collosicus
- Lethocerus cordofanus
- Lethocerus delpontei
- Lethocerus dilatus
- Lethocerus distinctifemur
- Lethocerus grandis
- Lethocerus indicus
- Lethocerus insulanus
- Lethocerus jimenezasuai
- Lethocerus maximus
- Lethocerus mazzai
- Lethocerus medius
- Lethocerus melloleitaoi
- Lethocerus oculatus
- Lethocerus patruelis
- Lethocerus truxali
- Lethocerus uhleri






























































































































































