Heteroptera

Heteroptera
Het·er·op·tera .het-ə-'räp-tə-rə n pl a suborder of Hemiptera or sometimes a separate order comprising the true bugs compare HOMOPTERA
het·er·op·ter·ous -tə-rəs adj

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Het·er·op·tera (het″ər-opґtər-ə) [hetero- + Gr. pteron wing] a suborder of Hemiptera characterized by the possession of two pairs of wings, one horny, the other membranous; it includes the medically important families Cimicidae and Reduviidae.

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  • Heteroptera — Het e*rop te*ra, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ? other + ? a wing.] (Zo[ o]l.) A suborder of Hemiptera, in which the base of the anterior wings is thickened. See {Hemiptera}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Heteroptĕra — Heteroptĕra, nach Cuvier so v.w. Wanzen …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Heteroptera — Heteroptĕra, s. Wanzen …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Heteroptera — Heteroptera, Wanzen, Ordnung der Insekten, Unterklasse ⇒ Pterygota, ca. 40000 Arten, die wegen ihrer zum »Schnabel« umgebildeten stechend saugenden Mundwerkzeuge mit den Homoptera zur Gruppe der ⇒ Hemiptera zusammengefasst werden. 1–100 mm lang;… …   Deutsch wörterbuch der biologie

  • Heteroptera — Taxobox name = Heteroptera image width = 240px image caption = Gerris najas , a pondskater regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda subphylum = Hexapoda classis = Insecta subclassis = Pterygota infraclassis = Neoptera superordo = Exopterygota ordo …   Wikipedia

  • Heteroptera —   Heteroptera …   Wikipedia Español

  • Heteroptera — Hétéroptères, Punaises Hétéroptères …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Heteroptera — Wanzen Grüne Stinkwanze (Palomena prasina) Systematik Stamm: Gliederfüßer (Arthropoda) …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Heteroptera — noun true bugs • Syn: ↑suborder Heteroptera • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Hemiptera, ↑order Hemiptera • Member Meronyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Heteroptera — …   Википедия

  • Heteroptera — Heterọptera   [zu griechisch pterón »Flügel«], Heteropteren, die Wanzen.   …   Universal-Lexikon

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