''Belostoma minor'' is a species of
giant water bug
Belostomatidae is a family of freshwater hemipteran insects known as giant water bugs or colloquially as toe-biters, Indian toe-biters, electric-light bugs (because they fly to lights in large numbers), alligator ticks, or alligator fleas (in Flo ...
in the family
Belostomatidae
Belostomatidae is a family of freshwater hemipteran insects known as giant water bugs or colloquially as toe-biters, Indian toe-biters, electric-light bugs (because they fly to lights in large numbers), alligator ticks, or alligator fleas (in Flo ...
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[ It is found in the northern ]Caribbean bioregion
The Caribbean bioregion is a biogeographic region that includes the islands of the Caribbean Sea, Southern Florida in the United States and nearby Atlantic islands, which share a fauna, flora and mycobiota distinct from surrounding bioregions.
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, with records in Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, and southern Florida in the continental United States.[
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References
Belostomatidae
Hemiptera of North America
Taxa named by Palisot de Beauvois
Insects described in 1805
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