Cavaticovelia

Cavaticovelia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Superfamily:	Mesovelioidea
Family:	Mesoveliidae
Genus:	Cavaticovelia; Andersen & Polhemus, 1980
Species:	C. aaa
Binomial name
	Cavaticovelia aaa; (Gagné & Howarth, 1975)

Cavaticovelia is a monotypic genus of insects in the order Hemiptera, the true bugs, containing the single species Cavaticovelia aaa. This bug, known commonly as the aaa water treader or lava tube water treader, is a water treader native to Hawaii.

The insect's specific name, aaa, is the Hawaiian word for "lava tube".^[1]

References[]

^ Yanega, D. Scientific Names Curious Scientific Names. Archived 2012-05-11 at the Wayback Machine University of California, Riverside. 2013.

External links[]

"Cavaticovelia aaa (Gagné and Howarth, 1975)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved September 16, 2011.

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[1] Yanega, D. Scientific Names Curious Scientific Names. Archived 2012-05-11 at the Wayback Machine University of California, Riverside. 2013.

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