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Hemiptera

[hem-ip´ter-ah]

the true bugs, an order of arthropods (class Insecta) with over 30,000 species, usually characterized by the presence of two pairs of wings and mouth parts adapted for piercing or sucking.

He·mip·ter·a

(hem-ip'tĕr-ă),

An arthropod order of the class Insecta that includes many plant lice and other true bugs; those of the subfamily Triatominae are bloodsuckers and of medical importance. The best known species is Cimex lectularius, the common bedbug.

[hemi- + G. pteron, wing]

Hemiptera

/He·mip·tera/ (he-mip´ter-ah) an order of insects, winged or wingless, including ordinary bugs and lice, having mouth parts adapted for piercing and sucking.

Hemiptera

an order of arthropods (class Insecta); includes some 30,000 species, known as the true bugs; characterized by having mouthparts adapted to piercing or sucking, and usually having two pairs of wings.

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For example, high-carbohydrate honeydew produced by hemipterans is a valuable food resource for invasive ants and native species.

Solenopsis invicta Suppress Native Ant by Excluding Mutual Exploitation from the Invasive Mealybug, Phenacoccus solenopsis

39 TABLE 3 Multiple comparisons by Dunn's test for abundance of arthropods in contrasted temperate forest zones Primary forest (PF) Groups Spiders Grasshoppers Hemipterans Beetles Ants DM = 0.

Diversidad de comunidades de hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) y sus conexiones con otros artropodos en tres bosques templados del centro de Mexico

Ants within the subfamilies Myrmicinae, Formicinae and Dolichoderinae are known to be the most frequent visitors of plants bearing EFNs and honeydew-producing hemipterans both in temperate and tropical habitats (Sudd 1987; Holldobler & Wilson 1990; Rico-Gray et al.

Hormigas melivoras (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) en tres fuentes de alimento liquido

ulcerans positivity among the same aquatic invertebrates from those water bodies, directly linking aquatic invertebrate communities with pathogen positivity; and 3) to discuss the role of human-biting hemipterans as primary vectors of M.

Aquatic invertebrates as unlikely vectors of Buruli ulcer disease

Schaefer and Panizzi, 2000) and behavior of hemipterans, an array of collecting methods was used.

Diversity of the true bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) on Arnold Air Force Base, Tullahoma, Tennessee

Females of both genera provision tunnels with paralyzed prey in underground nests up to 20 cm deep, with Astata being more specialized in using only stink bug nymphs, whereas Bicyrtes also may use other hemipterans such as Coreidae, Alydididae, and Rophalidae, in addition to Pentatomidae.

First report of native Astata unicolor (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) predation on the nymphs and adults of the invasive brown marmorated stink bug (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)

exsul across the year, with other hymenopterans and hemipterans also being important seasonally.

Diet of juvenile lizards, Uma exsul, from Coahuila, Mexico

Spiders, beetles, dipterans, hemipterans and hymenopterans accounted the 90% of all recorded species in the samplings, obtaining the highest values of diversity.

Inventario y estimacion de la riqueza especifica de artropodos en bosques del Noreste de Argentina

The hemipterans which are the detritus feeders and were found only in the winter season in QA and KA ecosystem.

COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS OF FOUR WETLANDS OF PUNJAB USING MACROINVERTEBRATES AS BIOINDICATORSJ

This process is termed sperm precedence and can be observed in most of the studied hemipterans (Michener, 1974).

Nesting behavior of Trypoxylon (Trypargilum) agamemnom Richards (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae)/Comportameno de nidificacao de Trypoxylon (Trypargilum) agamemnom Richards (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae)

They are the major generalist predators of hemipterans such as aphids and scale insects, which are important pest species in agro-ecosystems (Batary et al.

Determination of Predator Prey Relationship in some Selected Coleopteran and Hymenopteran Species by DNA/PCR-based Molecular Analysis

Prey included ants, coleopterans, dipterans, hemipterans, homopterans, collembolans, lepidopterans, and thysanopterans.

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