Heteroptera

The Heteroptera is a group of about 40,000 species of insects in the Hemiptera. They are typical bugs. 

"Heteroptera" is Greek for "different wings": most species have front wings with both membranous and hardened portions (called hemelytra.

The name "Heteroptera" is used in two different ways in modern classifications. In Linnean nomenclature it is a suborder of the order Hemiptera.  In cladistics it is an unranked clade in the Hemiptera clade.Tree of Life Web Project. 2005. Heteroptera. True bugs . Version of January 1, 2005. Retrieved July 28, 2008. 

 Selected families of Heteroptera 
 Assassin bugs 
 Broad-headed bugs
 Bedbugs and flower bugs 
 Plant bugs 
 Leaf-footed bugs, squash bugs and sweetpotato bugs 
 Seed bugs 
 Stink bugs or shield bugs and related families)

 Heteropteran anatomy 
A: head; B: thorax; C: abdomen.
1: claws; 2: tarsus; 3: tibia; 4: femur; 8: compound eye; 9: antenna; 10: clypeus; 23: laterotergites; 25: pronotum; 26: scutellum; 27: clavus; 28: corium; 29: embolium; 30: membrane.

 Waterbugs 
"Waterbug" is a common name for various aquatic insects.

 Selected families of water bugs 
 Backswimmers (Notonectidae)
 Giant water bugs (Belostomatidae)
 Water scorpions (Nepidae)
 Water boatmen (Corixidae)
 Pond skaters (Gerridae)
 Smaller water strider (Veliidae)

 References 

Category:Hemiptera