| Ranatra fusca | |
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| Taken at Cincinnati Zoo | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Nepidae |
| Genus: | Ranatra |
| Species: | R. fusca |
| Binomial name | |
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Ranatra fusca Palisot de Beauvois, 1820 |
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Ranatra fusca is a water stick-insect in the family Nepidae, native to North America. It is known by the common name brown water scorpion.