Appasus

Appasus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Infraorder: Nepomorpha
Family: Belostomatidae
Subfamily: Belostomatinae
Genus: Appasus
Amyot & Serville, 1843[1]
Species

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Appasus is a genus of giant water bugs. Species of this genus exhibit male parental care. Eggs are laid on the male's back, and the male tends them until the eggs hatch.[2]

Species

Partial list of species:

References

  1. ^ Amyot & Serville (1843). (Roret's Suite à Buffon) Hémiptères: page 430.
  2. ^ Robert L. Smith (1997). "Evolution of paternal care in the giant water bugs (Hemiptera: Belostomatidae)". In Jae C. Choe & Bernard J. Crespi. The Evolution of Social Behavior in Insects and Arachnids Sociality. Cambridge University Press. pp. 116–149. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511721953.007. ISBN 9780511721953. 

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