Appasus is a genus of giant water bugs (family Belostomatidae) found in freshwater habitats in Asia and Africa.[2]
Giant water bugs exhibit male parental care. In Appasus and other species in the subfamily Belostomatinae (but not subfamily Lethocerinae), the female glues the eggs onto the male's back, and the male tends them until the eggs hatch.[3]
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species in Japan. Appasus japonicus grows to a length of about 16 to 21 mm (0.6 to 0.8 in), rather smaller than the otherwise similar Appasus major. Three...
Americans as part of the Back-to-Africa movement. He was born at Apaso (Appasu) in the West Akim district of the Gold Coast (now Ghana), and was educated...