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Type genus of the Nepidae typical elongate-oval water scorpions
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Nepa is a genus belonging to the family Nepidae , known as water scorpions . They are oval-bodied, aquatic insects with raptorial front legs. Like other members of the Nepidae , they have a pair of nonretractable cerci -like breathing tubes on the terminal ...
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Nepa \Ne"pa\, n. [L. nepa scorpion.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of aquatic hemipterous insects. The species feed upon other insects and are noted for their voracity; -- called also scorpion bug and water scorpion .