Animal Diversity Web

Lethocerus maximus

giant water bug

(Also: giant electric light bug; giant toebiter)

Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Protostomia (protostomes)
      - Ecdysozoa
        
        Arthropoda (arthropods)
        
        Hexapoda
        
        Class Insecta (insects)
        
        Order Hemiptera
        
        Superfamily Nepoidea
        
        Family Belostomatidae (electric light bugs, giant water bugs)
        
        Genus Lethocerus
        
        Species Lethocerus maximus (giant water bug)