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Heteroptera

Also known as heteropteran, heteropterans

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. "Typical bugs" might be used as a more unequivocal alternative, since the heteropterans are most consistently and universally termed "bugs" among the Hemiptera. "Heteroptera" is Greek for "different wings": most species have forewings with both membranous and hardened portions (called hemelytra); members of the primitive sub-group Enicocephalomorpha have completely membranous wings.

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Heteroptera is a group of about 40,000 species of insects commonly called "true bugs," characterized by forewings that are partly hardened and partly soft and flexible. The name comes from Greek words meaning "different wings," reflecting this distinctive wing structure that most species in this group possess.

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Species

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Heteroptera

GENUS

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderDiptera
FamilySphaeroceridae

Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater

Observations3,296

Observations recorded383

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Research

10,276 papers

Review of the family Veliidae in Romania (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha).ReviewZootaxa · 2015Berchi GM, Kment PDOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3963.1.5
A morphological traits dataset of Heteroptera sampled in biodiversity priority areas of Southwest China.Scientific data · 2024Gao S, Yu W, Tian T et al.DOI: 10.1038/s41597-024-03556-x
Systematics and evolution of Heteroptera: 25 years of progress.ReviewAnnual review of entomology · 2011Weirauch C, Schuh RTDOI: 10.1146/annurev-ento-120709-144833
Kohnometopus yasunagai sp. nov., (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Miridae, Isometopinae) from Peninsular Malaysia.Zootaxa · 2022Taszakowski A, Kim J, Masowski A et al.DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5141.2.6
Water boatmen (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha: Corixidae) of Romania.Zootaxa · 2024Berchi GM, Rădac IA, Boda P et al.DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5555.2.4
A review of the fossil taxa originally assigned to Pyrrhocoridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera).ReviewZootaxa · 2021Kment PDOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5081.4.8
A review of the Strongylovelia Esaki, 1924 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae) from China, with descriptions of three new species.ReviewZootaxa · 2015Ye Z, Chen P, Bu WDOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3920.4.2
The mouthparts of the Aradidae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera).Arthropod structure & development · 2022Rakitov RDOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2022.101211

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taxon common name: percevejo
Commons category: Heteroptera
taxon name: Heteroptera
Serbo-Croatian preferred project code: sr

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The name "Heteroptera" is used in two very different ways in modern classifications. In Linnean nomenclature, it commonly appears as a suborder within the order Hemiptera, where it can be paraphyletic or monophyletic depending on its delimitation. In phylogenetic nomenclature, it is used as an unranked clade within the Prosorrhyncha clade, which in turn is in the Hemiptera clade. This results from the realization that the Coleorrhyncha are just "living fossil" relatives of the traditional Heteroptera, close enough to them to be united with that group.