order Hemiptera

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order Hemiptera - plant bugs; bedbugs; some true bugs; also includes suborders Heteroptera (true bugs) and Homoptera (e.g., aphids, plant lice and cicadas)

Hemiptera

animal order - the order of animals

class Hexapoda, class Insecta, Hexapoda, Insecta - insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species

hemipteran, hemipteron, hemipterous insect, bug - insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis

Capsidae, family Capsidae, family Miridae, Miridae - leaf bugs

family Tingidae, Tingidae - lace bugs

family Lygaeidae, Lygaeidae - lygaeid bugs

Coreidae, family Coreidae - squash bugs and leaf-footed bugs

Cimicidae, family Cimicidae - wingless flat-bodied bloodsucking insects

family Notonectidae, Notonectidae - aquatic carnivorous insects

Heteroptera, suborder Heteroptera - true bugs

Homoptera, suborder Homoptera - plant lice (aphids); whiteflies; cicadas; leafhoppers; plant hoppers; scale insects and mealybugs; spittle insects

References in periodicals archive ?

The amplified sequenced segment of COI was closely related to insect species from the Order Hemiptera by using BLAST search (Figs.

Short Communication - Molecular Identification and Sequence Analysis of Dusky Cotton Bug, Oxycarenus hyalinipennis (Hemiptera:Lygaiedae) Infesting Cotton Field in Pakistan

During winter and spring seasons, insects belonging to order Hemiptera were preferred followed by Coleoptera and Isoptera whereas insects belonging to order Diptera were least preferred.

Short Communication - FEEDING AND BREEDING ECOLOGY OF ASHY-WREN WARBLER (Priniasocialis) IN POTHWAR PLATEAU, PAKISTAN

Predators in the order Hemiptera and the family Pentatomidae, such as Supputius cincticeps Stal (Souza et al.

First global record of Podisus nigrispinus (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) as predator of Gonipterus platensis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) larvae and adults

We hypothesized ground dwelling invertebrates [ e.g., beetles (Order Coleoptera)] would be more easily captured by pheasant chicks than more mobile invertebrates [e.g., leafhoppers (Order Hemiptera)].

Invertebrate prey selection by ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) broods in Nebraska

These insects are the giant water bugs, (or giant electric light bug, Lethocerus americanus) belonging to the order Hemiptera, the "true bugs."

Forest health corner

Cicada is the common form for an entire taxonomic family of insects, the Cicadidae, which belong to the order Hemiptera. Locusts, taxonomically, are members of the order to which grasshoppers belong, the Orthoptera.

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As trees grow, they are set upon by true bugs (order Hemiptera) that feed on sap, such as aphids, among many other herbivorous insects.

Ants and trees a lifelong relationship: from the first growth spurts of the tiniest seedling to the final days of the mightiest giant, ants are there, shaping the lives of trees

The bugs, of the scientific order Hemiptera, are about an inch long (two to three centimeters).

US faces cicada invasion, millions poised to emerge

Euschistus servus of order Hemiptera was found only in January, February and March while Lygaeus kalmia was observed in each month of study.

IMPACT OF ABIOTIC FACTORS ON INSECT DIVERSITY OF AT LAWRENCE GARDEN, LAHORE

In this report, the authors investigated the water-dwelling water boatman, which belongs to the Corixidae family of the order Hemiptera, suborder Heteroptera.

Aquatic insect inspires new submarine design

The MLR was statistically significant in Order Hemiptera, Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera and Araneae at F-ratio 10.019, 9.725, 9.264, 10.091 and 9.364, respectively at df 3,4 for PCA component-I as shown in (Table II).

Biodiversity of Foliage Arthropods in the Mixed Crop Zone and Cotton-Wheat Zone in Punjab Province, Pakistan