Benacus (bug)
Genus of true bugs
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Benacus is a genus of giant water bug in the hemipteran family Belostomatidae.[1][2][3] Benacus is a monotypic genus, containing a single species, B. griseus, which is found in North America.[1][4][5] Benacus was formerly considered a subgenus of Lethocerus.[3]
| Benacus | |
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| Benacus griseus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Belostomatidae |
| Subfamily: | Lethocerinae |
| Genus: | Benacus Stål, 1861 |
| Species | |
| Synonyms | |
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Lethocerus (Benacus) | |