Global InformationAbedus herberti information
| Abedus herberti | |
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| Male with eggs on his back at the Cincinnati Zoo | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Belostomatidae |
| Genus: | Abedus |
| Species: | A. herberti
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| Binomial name | |
| Abedus herberti Hidalgo, 1935
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Abedus herberti, the toe biter (a name also used for several other giant water bugs) or ferocious water bug, is a species of giant water bug in the family Belostomatidae.[1][2] It is native to streams, especially in highlands, in Arizona, New Mexico and Utah in the United States and in northwestern Mexico.[3][4] Adults are typically 2 to 4 cm (0.8–1.6 in) long.[3][5] The species is flightless, but may move overland between water sources.[3] It will bite in self-defense, which is painful but not dangerous.[3]
A. herberti is often displayed in zoos, sometimes together with the sunburst diving beetle.[6] These two species also occur together in the wild.[7]
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buglinkwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ M.T. Bogan; O.G. Gutiérrez-Ruacho; J.A. Alvarado-Castro; D.A. Lytle (2013). "New Records of Martarega, Graptocorixa, and Abedus (Heteroptera: Notonectidae, Corixidae, Belostomatidae) From Northwestern Mexico and Arizona, Including the First Record of Graptocorixa emburyi In the United States". The Southwestern Naturalist. 58 (4): 494–497. doi:10.1894/0038-4909-58.4.494.
- ^ R.L. Smith; C. Horton (1998). "Fish predation on giant water bug (Heteroptera: Belostomatidae) eggs in an Arizona stream". Great Basin Naturalist. 58 (3): 292–293.
- ^ O’Sullivan, T. "Captive rearing study of the Thermonectus marmoratus" (PDF). St. Louis Zoo. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ J. Velasco; V.H. Millan (1998). "Feeding Habits of Two Large Insects from a Desert Stream: Abedus herberti (Hemiptera: Belostomatidae) and Thermonectus marmoratus (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)". Aquatic Insects. 20 (2): 85–96. doi:10.1076/aqin.20.2.85.4500.