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Hemiptera Linnaeus, 1758

 True Bugs

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​Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera

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

​Superfamily: Coreoidea Reuter 1910
​Families: Alydidae, Coreidae, Rhopalidae
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Alydidae
 Broad-headed Bugs ​ 

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Coreidae
 Leaf-footed Bugs​ 

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Rhopalidae
 Soapberry Bugs​ 



​Superfamily: Lygaeoidea Schilling, 1829
​Families: Heterogastridae, Lygaeidae, Rhyparochromidae
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Heterogastridae
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Lygaeidae
 Milkweed Bugs​ 

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Rhyparochromidae
 Seed Bugs​ 


​Superfamily: Pentatomoidea Leach 1815
​Families: Cydnidae, Dinidoridae, Pentatomidae, Plataspidae, Scutelleridae, Tessaratomidae, Urostylididae
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Cydnidae
 Burrowing Bugs​ 

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Dinidoridae
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Pentatomidae
 Stink Bugs or Shield Bugs​ 

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Plataspidae
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Scutelleridae
 Jewel Bugs or Metallic Shield Bugs​ 

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Tessaratomidae
 Tessaratomids​ 

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Urostylididae
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​Superfamily: Pyrrhocoroidea Amyot & Serville, 1843
​Families: Pyrrhocoridae
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Pyrrhocoridae
 Red Bugs & Cotton Stainers 


​Superfamily: Reduvioidea Latreille, 1807
​Families: Reduviidae
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Reduviidae

​Superfamily: ​Cercopoidea Leach, 1815
​Families: Aphrophoridae, Cercopidae, Machaerotidae
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Aphrophoridae
 Spittlebugs 

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Cercopidae
 Froghoppers 

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Machaerotidae
 Tube Spittlebugs 


​​​Superfamily: ​Cicadoidea Latreille, 1802
​​Families: Cicadidae
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Cicadidae
 Cicadas 


​Superfamily: Fulgoroidea
Families: Derbidae, Dictyopharidae, Eurybrachyidae, Flatidae, Fulgoridae, Lophopidae, Ricaniidae
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Cixiidae
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Derbidae
 Derbid Planthoppers 

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Dictyopharidae
 Long Nosed Planthoppers 

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Eurybrachyidae
 Eurybrachid Planthoppers 

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Flatidae
 Flatid Planthoppers 

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Fulgoridae
 Lanternflies 

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Lophopidae
 Lophopid Planthoppers 

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Ricaniidae
 ​Ricaniid Planthoppers 


​Superfamily: Membracoidea Rafinesque 1815
​Families: Cicadellidae, Membracidae
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Cicadellidae
 Leafhoppers & Sharpshooters 

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​Membracidae
 Treehoppers, Thorn bugs 

Please note that individual species identifications do not necessarily represent the opinion of all contributors.

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