zeus bug

Spanish translation: chinche zeus

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English term or phrase:zeus bug
Spanish translation:chinche zeus
Entered by: nahuelhuapi

20:40 Feb 18, 2014
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Science - Zoology / Insect
English term or phrase: zeus bug
No other context. Here is an article about it. http://consumer.healthday.com/health-technology-information-...

I can't find a translation anywhere. Any help will be much appreciated!
Kathleen Shelly
Local time: 22:47
chinche zeus
Explanation:
sitiosweb-any.blogspot.com/2006/08/la-chinche.html‎En caché9/8/2006 - Un caso muy curioso es el de la chinche zeus- Proreticovelia disparada-. La gran hembra segrega por las glándulas de su torso un fluido con


Es un diminuto insecto de agua. ¡Suerte!
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5chinche zeus
nahuelhuapi
4Phoreticovelia disparata / (escarabajo Zeus)
Charles Davis


  

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Phoreticovelia disparata / (escarabajo Zeus)


Explanation:
I find it as "escarabajo Zeus" on one site:
http://www.datosfreak.org/datos/slug/phoreticovelia-disparat...

but no confirmation of this name, which was probably invented by whoever wrote the piece, based on this article in Nature:
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v424/n6947/full/424387a...

So use "escarabajo Zeus" if you like, but the safest thing to do would be to put the scientific name, Phoreticovelia disparata, which should go in italics.

Charles Davis
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chinche zeus


Explanation:
sitiosweb-any.blogspot.com/2006/08/la-chinche.html‎En caché9/8/2006 - Un caso muy curioso es el de la chinche zeus- Proreticovelia disparada-. La gran hembra segrega por las glándulas de su torso un fluido con


Es un diminuto insecto de agua. ¡Suerte!

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