Appasus (from and Amyot CJ-B, Audinet-Serville, JG (1843) Deuxième partie. Homoptères. Homoptera Latr. Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Hémiptères. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret. Paris. i-lxxvi, 1-676.) is a genus of giant water bugs (family Belostomatidae) found in freshwater habitats in Asia and Africa.
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.
Species Partial list of species:
Appasus ampliatus (Montandon, 1914) Appasus capensis Mayr, 1871 Appasus grassei (Poisson, 1937) Appasus japonicus (Vuillefroy, 1864) Appasus major (Esaki, 1934) Appasus quadrivittatus Bergroth, 1893 Appasus stappersi (Montandon, 1916)
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