Heteroptera

True Bugs
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Anchor Bug
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Hemiptera
Suborder:Heteroptera
Families

Acanthosomatidae
Aphylidae
Canopidae
Cimicidae
Coreidae
Corixidae
Cydnidae
Dinidoridae
Gerridae
Lestoniidae
Lygaeidae
Megarididae
Miridae
Naucoridae
Notonectidae
Pentatomidae
Phloeidae
Plataspididae (Plataspidae)
Reduviidae
Scutelleridae
Tessaratomidae
Thaumastellidae
Thyreocoridae (Corimelaenidae)
Urostylididae (Urostylidae)

Heteroptera (also called true bugs) is a suborder of the order Hemiptera. There are 25,000 known species in over 60 families. The name Heteroptera comes from their forewings having both membranous and hard portions.

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See also: Heteroptera