Heteroptera

The Heteroptera are a suborder of the true bugs (Order Hemiptera). Adult Heteroptera have fore wings that are divided into two distinct regions. Usually the region closes to the front of the thorax is toughened and used to protect the hind wing underneath. The hind region of the fore wing is thinner and more flexible.

The two regions of the fore wing of Heteopteran bugs can be seen in this adult Squash Bug (Coreus marginatus).

Other names for (or types of) Heteroptera include:

• Het bug

Related terms

• Assassin bug
• Auchenorrhyncha
• Boxelder bug
• Chagas disease
• Coleorrhyncha
• Cuneus
• Hemiptera
• Homoptera
• Sternorrhyncha

Related pages on this web site

• Heteroptera
• True bugs - Order Hemiptera

See other words beginning with H