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Department of Invertebrates
General Enthomology Collection

Order Hemiptera (Bugs)

All bugs have 2 pairs of wings; the front ones are typically larger and thickened. The mouthparts, which form a long rostrum or "beak", pierce and suck, and many sap-sucking species are serious crop pests. Metamorphosis is incomplete. The order comprises 134 families and 82 000 species

Order Hemiptera (Bugs)

  • Suborder Heteroptera
    • Family Corixidae -- water boatmen
    • Family Notonectidae -- backswimmers
    • Family Nepidae -- water scorpions
    • Family Belostomatidae -- giant water bugs
    • Family Gerridae -- water striders
    • Family Miridae -- Plant bugs
    • Family Phymatidae -- ambush bugs
    • Family Reduviidae -- assassin bugs
    • Family Tingidae -- Sugarcane lace bug, Avocado lace bug, Lace Bugs on Ornamental Plants
    • Family Lygaeidae -- seed bugs, bigeyed bugs, milkweed bugs
    • Family Coreidae -- leaf-footed bugs, squash bugs
    • Family Pentatomidae -- stink bugs
     
  • Suborder Homoptera