Water
Bug
Updates
(last update 2 June
2026)
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
Thanks to Donald Ray and Rick
Abad, we have two new Florida corixid records:
Hesperocorixa
obliqua
(Hungerford) (Escambia Co., Pine Barren Creek)
This species was not covered in my 2006 manual. It will key to
couplet
8 (p. 3.12); it can be separated by the more apically produced male
pala and the different genitalia (see below)
H. obliqua male
pala
H. obliqua male
genitalia
Sigara
mississippiensis
Hungerford (Escambia Co., Pine Barren Creek)
27-xi-2009
Trichocorixa macroceps (Kirkaldy) has
been collected in the Florida Panhandle (Manning
Creek, Santa Rosa Co.).
3-vi-2006
Gerridae
Limnogonus recens
has been reported from FL; see Pintar, M. 2026. The genus Limnogonus
Stål (Hemiptera: Gerridae) in North America, with the description of
a new species. Zootaxa 5814:151-187. Matt has included a key for the
three Limnogonus species found in North America.
2-vi-2026