Buenoa

insect genus

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characteristics

  • Back swimmer (Notonecta).
    In backswimmer

    The genus Buenoa, which usually floats or swims some distance below the surface, appears reddish or pinkish in colour because of the pigment (hemoglobin) contained in certain cells.

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internal oxygen store

  • respiration: animals
    In respiratory system: Trachea

    …used by the hemipteran insects Buenoa and Anisops is an internal oxygen store that enables them to lurk for minutes without resurfacing while awaiting food in relatively predator-free but oxygen-poor mid-water zones. The internal oxygen store is in the form of hemoglobin-filled cells that constitute the first line of oxygen…

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