Hemiptera
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Hemiptera
Example Sentences
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Cicadas are indeed large true “bugs” of the order Hemiptera.
From Washington Post • Apr. 9, 2021
“Two species of Hemiptera, or ‘true bugs’—Neacoryphus rubicollis AND Piesma brachiale—plus the leg of a rainbow grasshopper, all of which are endemic to the western United States, not Ohio.”
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
In Hemiptera only eleven and in Collembola only six abdominal segments have been detected.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
These are the true bugs, and belong to the sub-division called Heteropterous Hemiptera.
From American Pomology Apples by Warder, J. A.
In Hemiptera this telson is absent, and the anal orifice is placed quite at the termination of the eleventh segment.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
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