Water
Bug Updates
(last update 11-vi-2006)
Belostomatidae
The subgenus Benacus of Lethocerus has been reinstated as a full
genus. See: Perez Goodwyn, P.J. 2006. Taxonomic revision of the
subfamily Lethocerinae Lauck & Menke (Heteroptera: Belostomatidae).
Stuttgarter Beitr. Naturk. 695: 1-71. Thus, our largest
belostomatid is now called Benacus
griseus (Say).
11-vi-2006
Corixidae
Trichocorixa macroceps (Kirkaldy) has
been collected in the Florida Panhandle (Manning
Creek, Santa Rosa Co.).