Animals Kingdom (Animalia)

• Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

• Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

• Insects (Class Insecta)

• Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

• True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and Allies (Order Hemiptera)

• True Bugs (Subrder Heteroptera)

Belostomatinae is a subfamily of freshwater hemipteran insects known as giant water bugs. These predators are typically encountered in freshwater ponds, marshes and slow-flowing streams.