# Benacus (bug)

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{{Short description|Genus of true bugs}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Benacus griseus.jpg
| image_caption = ''[Benacus griseus](/source/Benacus_griseus)''
| taxon = Benacus
| authority = [Stål](/source/Carl_St%C3%A5l), 1861
| synonyms = ''Lethocerus'' (''Benacus'')
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = ''[B. griseus](/source/Benacus_griseus)''
| display_parents = 2
}}

'''''Benacus''''' is a genus of giant water bug in the hemipteran family [Belostomatidae](/source/Belostomatidae).<ref name=itis/><ref name=Ribeiro/><ref name=PG/> ''Benacus'' is a monotypic genus, containing a single species, ''[B. griseus](/source/Benacus_griseus)'', which is found in North America.<ref name=itis/><ref name=Menke/><ref name=Epler/> ''Benacus'' was formerly considered a subgenus of ''[Lethocerus](/source/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

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