| Cavaticovelia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Mesoveliidae |
| Genus: | Cavaticovelia Andersen & J.Polhemus, 1980 |
| Species: | C. aaa
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| Binomial name | |
| Cavaticovelia aaa (Gagné & Howarth, 1975)
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| Synonyms | |
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Speovelia aaa Gagne & 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, lava tube crawler, or lava tube water treader, is a water treader native to Hawaii.
The insect's specific name, aaa, is derived from ʻaʻaʻā, the Hawaiian word for "lava tube".[1]
- ^ Yanega, D. Scientific Names Curious Scientific Names. Archived 2012-05-11 at the Wayback Machine University of California, Riverside. 2013.