Benacus is a genus of giant water bug in the hemipteran family
Belostomatidae.[1][2][3]Benacus is a monotypic genus, containing a single species, B. griseus, which is found in North America.[1][4][5]Benacus was formerly considered a subgenus of Lethocerus.[3]
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ab"Benacus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
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Perez-Godwyn, P.J. (2006). "Taxonomic revision of the subfamily Lethocerinae Luach & Menke (Heteroptera: Belostomatidae)". Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A (Biologie). 695: 1-71.
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Menke, A.S. (1963). "A review of the genus Lethocerus in North and Central America, including the West Indies (Hemiptera: Belostomatidae)". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 56 (3): 261-267.
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10.1093/aesa/56.3.261.