''Pelocoris balius'' is a species of

creeping water bug Naucoridae is a small family of insects commonly known as the creeping water bugs and saucer bugs. They are similar in appearance and behavior to Belostomatidae (giant water bugs), but considerably smaller, at long. Naucoridae are found around th ...

in the family

Naucoridae Naucoridae is a small family of insects commonly known as the creeping water bugs and saucer bugs. They are similar in appearance and behavior to Belostomatidae (giant water bugs), but considerably smaller, at long. Naucoridae are found around th ...

. It is found in Florida. In the Everglades, ''P. balius'' is locally common in shorter hydroperiod sites. ''Pelocoris balius'' was originally described as a subspecies of '' P. femoratus'' by Ira La Rivers in 1970, but it was elevated to species by Robert Sites in 2015.

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