HEMIPTERA
(bugs)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
AUCHENORRHYNCHA
a suborder of bugs
Female (Click to open)
 		Suborder 21 subtaxa 118 images 27 ident. refs
HETEROPTERA
true bugs
Female (Click to open)
 		Suborder 167 subtaxa 1,291 images 108 ident. refs
STERNORRHYNCHA
a suborder of bugs
Pupa (Click to open)
 		Suborder 69 subtaxa 218 images 88 ident. refs
Hemiptera (unidentified)
Unidentified Bugs
(Click to open)
 		Unidentified 13 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
OrderHEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Davis, B.N.K. 1991 Insects on Nettles Naturalists' Handbooks, 1, 2 edition, 68pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
() Guthrie, M. 1989 Animals of the Surface Film Naturalists’ Handbooks, No 12, 85pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd
Saunders, E. 1892 *** The Hemiptera Heteroptera of the British Islands ***(Superseded) 350pp, L. Reeve & Co. Ltd
Skipper, L. Danmarks Blomstertæger www.miridae.dk/
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D. 1959 Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles Wayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Unwin, D. 2001 A Key to the Families of British Bugs (Insecta, Hemiptera) AIDGAP Keys, 1-35pp, Field Studies Council
Wuilbaut, J.J. Cercle de Mycologie de Mons (Belgique): (Page perso de JJ. Wuilbaut) users.skynet.be/jjw.myco.mons

Foodplants

Hawkins, R.D. 1985 Some foods of Heteroptera larvae in the wild Het News No 6: 3.

On Cherry Trees

Leather, S.R. & Bland, K.P. 1999 Insects on cherry trees 82pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

On Thistles

Redfern, M. 1995 Insects and Thistles Naturalists' Handbooks, No 4, Second (revised) edition, 70pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

Plant Galls

() Darlington, A. 1968 A Pocket Encyclopedia of Plant Galls in colour Blandford Press
() Redfern, M. & Shirley, P. 2011 British Plant Galls AIDGAP Keys, Second edition, 432pp, Field Studies Council
() Redfern, M. & Shirley, P. 2002 *** British Plant Galls - Identification of galls on plants and fungi ***(Superseded) AIDGAP Keys, 325pp, Field Studies Council
() Stubbs, F.B. (Editor) 1986 *** Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls ***(Superseded) 95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

Stored Product Pests

Mound, L. (ed) 1989 Common Insects of Stored Products: a guide to their identification Economic Series, No 15, Seventh Edition edition, 68pp, British Museum (Natural History)

HEMIPTERA (bugs) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for HEMIPTERA (bugs)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2,877 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for HEMIPTERA (bugs)
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