{{Short description|Genus of true bugs}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Benacus griseus.jpg | image_caption = ''Benacus griseus'' | taxon = Benacus | authority = Stål, 1861 | synonyms = ''Lethocerus'' (''Benacus'') | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = ''B. griseus'' | display_parents = 2 }}
'''''Benacus''''' is a genus of giant water bug in the hemipteran family Belostomatidae.<ref name=itis/><ref name=Ribeiro/><ref name=PG/> ''Benacus'' is a monotypic genus, containing a single species, ''B. griseus'', which is found in North America.<ref name=itis/><ref name=Menke/><ref name=Epler/> ''Benacus'' was formerly considered a subgenus of ''Lethocerus''.<ref name=PG/>
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=itis> {{Cite web| title=''Benacus'' Report | url=https://itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=103703| website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System | accessdate=2020-12-19}}</ref>
<ref name=Menke> {{Cite journal|title=A review of the genus ''Lethocerus'' in North and Central America, including the West Indies (Hemiptera: Belostomatidae) |first=A.S. |last=Menke |year=1963 |page=261-267 |journal=Annals of the Entomological Society of America |doi=10.1093/aesa/56.3.261 |volume=56 |issue=3}}</ref>
<ref name=Ribeiro> {{Cite journal |title=Phylogenetic analysis and revision of subfamily classification of Belostomatidae genera (Insecta: Heteroptera: Nepomorpha) |first1=Jose Ricardo I. |last1=Ribeiro |first2=Shin-Ya |last2=Ohba |first3=Dominique |last3=Pluot-Sigwalt |first4=Fabiano |last4=Stefanello |first5=Wenjun Bu |last5=Bu |first6=Solange E. |last6=Meyin-A-Ebong |first7=Eric |last7=Guilbert |year=2017 |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320187417 |doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx041 |volume=182 |issue=2 |page=319-359}}</ref>
<ref name=Epler> {{Cite web |title=Identification Manual for the Aquatic and Semi-aquatic Heteroptera of Florida |first=John H. |last=Epler |publisher=Florida Department of Environmental Protection |url=https://publicfiles.dep.state.fl.us/dear/labs/biology/biokeys/heteroptera.pdf |date=January 10, 2006 |access-date=August 14, 2023 }}</ref>
<ref name=PG> {{Cite journal |first=P.J. |last=Perez-Godwyn |title=Taxonomic revision of the subfamily Lethocerinae Luach & Menke (Heteroptera: Belostomatidae) |journal=Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A (Biologie) |volume=695 |page=1-71 |year=2006}}</ref>
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Category:Nepomorpha genera Category:Belostomatidae Category:Hemiptera of North America Category:Taxa named by Carl Stål