Abedus immaculatus

Abedus immaculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Family:	Belostomatidae
Genus:	Abedus
Species:	A. immaculatus
Binomial name
	Abedus immaculatus; (Say, 1832)
Synonyms
	Abedus cantralli Hussey and Herring, 1950 ; Belostoma fluminea immaculata Say, 1832

Abedus immaculatus is a species of water bug in the family Belostomatidae.[1][2] It is the only Abedus species found in the eastern United States, occurring throughout Florida north into Georgia and west along the Gulf Coast to Mississippi.[3]

Adults reach lengths of 13-14 mm, making them the smallest species in the genus Abedus, the smallest belostomatid in the United States, and the only species in the subgenus Microabedus.[4]

Abedus immaculatus was originally described by Thomas Say in 1832 as Belostoma fluminea var. immaculata, redescribed as A. cantralli in 1950, with the two names synonymized to A. immaculatus in 1950.[5][6]

References

"Abedus immaculatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2020-11-08.
"Abedus immaculatus species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2020-11-08.
Henry, Thomas J.; Froeschner, Richard C., eds. (1988). Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States. CRC Press. ISBN 9780916846442.
Epler, John H. (2006). "Identification Manual for the Aquatic and Semi-aquatic Heteroptera of Florida" (PDF). Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
Hussey, Roland F.; Herring, Jon L. (1950). "A remarkable new belostomatid (Hemiptera) from Florida and Georgia". The Florida Entomologist. 33 (2): 84-89. doi:10.2307/3492076.
Hussey, Roland F.; Herring, Jon L. (1950). "Rediscovery of a belostomatid named by Thomas Say (Hemiptera)". The Florida Entomologist. 33 (4): 154-156. doi:10.2307/3492740.

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[itis-1] "Abedus immaculatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2020-11-08.

[bugguide-2] "Abedus immaculatus species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2020-11-08.

[catalog-3] Henry, Thomas J.; Froeschner, Richard C., eds. (1988). Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States. CRC Press. ISBN 9780916846442.

[Epler-4] Epler, John H. (2006). "Identification Manual for the Aquatic and Semi-aquatic Heteroptera of Florida" (PDF). Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[HusseyHerring1-5] Hussey, Roland F.; Herring, Jon L. (1950). "A remarkable new belostomatid (Hemiptera) from Florida and Georgia". The Florida Entomologist. 33 (2): 84-89. doi:10.2307/3492076.

[HusseyHerring2-6] Hussey, Roland F.; Herring, Jon L. (1950). "Rediscovery of a belostomatid named by Thomas Say (Hemiptera)". The Florida Entomologist. 33 (4): 154-156. doi:10.2307/3492740.