''Benacus'' is a genus of giant water bug in the hemipteran family

Belostomatidae Belostomatidae is a family of freshwater hemipteran insects known as giant water bugs or colloquially as toe-biters, Indian toe-biters, electric-light bugs, alligator ticks, or alligator fleas (in Florida). They are the largest insects in the or ...

. ''Benacus'' is a monotypic genus, containing a single species, '' B. griseus'', which is found in North America. ''Benacus'' was formerly considered a subgenus of ''

Lethocerus ''Lethocerus'' is a genus of the hemipteran family Belostomatidae, known colloquially as giant water bugs, toe biters and electric light bugs, distributed in tropical, subtropical and temperate areas of the world. The greatest diversity of speci ...

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q21446310 Nepomorpha genera Belostomatidae Hemiptera of North America Taxa named by Carl Stål