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Heteroptera - Liber Deserti

Your current chain: State of matter Life > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta > Subclass Pterygota > Order Hemiptera > Suborder Heteroptera

(From Wikipedia) The Heteroptera are a group of about 40,000 species of insects in the order Hemiptera. They are sometimes called "true bugs", though that name more commonly refers to the Hemiptera as a whole.

FACT: The name Heteroptera, or "different wing", refers to the hemelytra, a small hardened section of the forewing shared by all typical bugs!

Currently discovered: 4/7 Infraorders

Infraorder

  1. Gerromorpha - Semiaquatic Bugs
  2. Nepomorpha - Water Bugs
  3. Pentatomomorpha - Pentatomomorph Bugs
  4. Cimicomorpha - Cimicomorph Bugs