Abedus [SEP] parent taxon
Abedus
Abedus is a genus of giant water bugs (family Belostomatidae) found in freshwater habitats in southern United States, Mexico and Central America. Sometimes called ferocious water bugs, these brown insects typically are between long, although the dwarf species "A. immaculatus" (syn. "A. cantralli") only is about , making it the smallest North American belostomatid and possibly worthy of separation in its own genus. Otherwise the different "Abedus" species are very similar and can often only be separated with a microscope. They
- "Abedus herberti" (Hidalgo, 1935)
- "Abedus immaculatus" (Say, 1832)
- "Abedus indentatus" (Haldeman, 1854)
- "Abedus ovatus" (Stål, 1862)
- "Abedus parkeri" (Menke, 1966)
- "Abedus vicinus" (Mayr, 1871)