Hemiptera Linnaeus, 1758

 True Bugs

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​Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera

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Most people tend to call anything with lots of legs a "bug." However, to an entomologist, a "bug" is one of the 35,000 or so species of the order Hemiptera. Hemiptera means "half wing" and refers to the fact that part of the first pair of wings is toughened and hard, while the rest of the first pair and the second pair are membranous. Hemipterans also have modified piercing and sucking mouthparts; some suck plant juices and are plant pests, while others can bite painfully.

University of California Museum of Pleontology

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​Superfamily: Coreoidea Reuter 1910

​Families: Alydidae, Coreidae, Rhopalidae

Alydidae
 Broad-headed Bugs ​ 

Coreidae
 Leaf-footed Bugs​ 

Rhopalidae
 Soapberry Bugs​ 

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​Superfamily: Lygaeoidea Schilling, 1829

​Families: Heterogastridae, Lygaeidae, Rhyparochromidae

Heterogastridae
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Lygaeidae
 Milkweed Bugs​ 

Rhyparochromidae
 Seed Bugs​ 

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​Superfamily: Pentatomoidea Leach 1815

​Families: Cydnidae, Dinidoridae, Pentatomidae, Plataspidae, Scutelleridae, Tessaratomidae, Urostylididae

Cydnidae
 Burrowing Bugs​ 

Dinidoridae
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Pentatomidae
 Stink Bugs or Shield Bugs​ 

Plataspidae
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Scutelleridae
 Jewel Bugs or Metallic Shield Bugs​ 

Tessaratomidae
 Tessaratomids​ 

Urostylididae
 - 

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​Superfamily: Pyrrhocoroidea Amyot & Serville, 1843

​Families: Pyrrhocoridae

Pyrrhocoridae
 Red Bugs & Cotton Stainers 

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​Superfamily: Reduvioidea Latreille, 1807

​Families: Reduviidae

Reduviidae

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​Superfamily: ​Cercopoidea Leach, 1815

​Families: Aphrophoridae, Cercopidae, Machaerotidae

Aphrophoridae
 Spittlebugs 

Cercopidae
 Froghoppers 

Machaerotidae
 Tube Spittlebugs 

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​​​Superfamily: ​Cicadoidea Latreille, 1802

​​Families: Cicadidae

Cicadidae
 Cicadas 

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​Superfamily: Fulgoroidea

Families: Derbidae, Dictyopharidae, Eurybrachyidae, Flatidae, Fulgoridae, Lophopidae, Ricaniidae

Cixiidae
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Derbidae
 Derbid Planthoppers 

Dictyopharidae
 Long Nosed Planthoppers 

Eurybrachyidae
 Eurybrachid Planthoppers 

Flatidae
 Flatid Planthoppers 

Fulgoridae
 Lanternflies 

Lophopidae
 Lophopid Planthoppers 

Ricaniidae
 ​Ricaniid Planthoppers 

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​Superfamily: Membracoidea Rafinesque 1815

​Families: Cicadellidae, Membracidae

Cicadellidae
 Leafhoppers & Sharpshooters 

​Membracidae
 Treehoppers, Thorn bugs