How should the biological name of the giant water bug be written in binomial nomenclature? Belostoma sp. Belostoma sp. Belostoma Sp.

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Tiana Randolph

11 November, 18:41

How should the biological name of the giant water bug be written in binomial nomenclature? Belostoma sp. Belostoma sp. Belostoma Sp.

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Royce Bautista · Answer 1

Binomial Nomenclature is written using the genus name and its specific epithet. Originally, it was classified under genus Belostoma making its binomial name Belostoma sp. But after a taxonimic revision cited on 2006, the giant water bug was then classified under genus Lethocerus and specific epithet americanus making its binomial name now Lethocerus americanus or L. americanus.