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Lethocerinae
Taxonomy
Lethocerinae was named by Lauck and Menke (1961). It is extant. Its type is Lethocerus.
It was assigned to Belostomatidae by Popov (1971), Nel and Paicheler (1992), Popov (1992), Nel and Waller (2006), Ribeiro et al. (2018), Moura-Júnior et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Belostomatidae by Popov (1971), Nel and Paicheler (1992), Popov (1992), Nel and Waller (2006), Ribeiro et al. (2018), Moura-Júnior et al. (2021).
Subtaxa
Lethocerus (syn. Paranoika) (type genus)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1961 | Lethocerinae Lauck and Menke |
| 1971 | Lethocerinae Popov p. 109 |
| 1992 | Lethocerinae Nel and Paicheler p. 161 |
| 1992 | Lethocerinae Popov p. 13 |
| 2006 | Lethocerinae Nel and Waller p. 63 |
| 2018 | Lethocerinae Ribeiro et al. |
| 2021 | Lethocerinae Moura-Júnior et al. p. 2 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Subfm. Lethocerinae Lauck and Menke 1961
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G. Lethocerus Mayr 1853 [giant water bug]
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Lethocerus americanus Leidy 1847
†Lethocerus placidus Zamboni et al. 2002
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Invalid names: Lethocerus vetus Nel and Waller 2006 [synonym]
†Lethocerus sulcifemoralis Říha and Kukalová 1967
†Lethocerus turgaicus Popov 1971
Invalid names: Paranoika Zamboni et al. 2002 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Holocene or 119.57000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.2 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.2 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Aptian | Brazil (Ceará) | Lethocerus vetus (122553 125508) Paranoika placida (104659) | |
| Priabonian | United Kingdom (England) | Lethocerus sp. (123959) | |
| Rupelian | Czechia | Lethocerus sulcifemoralis (125914) | |
| Aquitanian - Burdigalian | Russian Federation (Omsk) | Lethocerus turgaicus (172274) | |
| Holocene | USA (California) | Lethocerus americanus (161537) |