American Giant Water Bug

Lethocerus americanus

General Status Rank: 
Undetermined
Common Name: 
American Giant Water Bug
Scientific Name: 
Lethocerus americanus
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Taxonomy
Group: 
True Bug
Kingdom: 
Animalia
Phylum: 
Arthropoda
Class: 
Insecta
Order: 
Hemiptera
Family: 
Belostomatidae
Distribution

Number of Occurrences

Relatively common in DehCho and South Slave - seen north to Yellowknife (iNaturalist.ca and FB group NWT Species)
General Status Rank
Rank: 
Undetermined
S Rank: 
SU
Decision Process Description: 
Adding in 2021 based on local observations and from photo (rank by SC).
Last Updated: 
June 29, 2021

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