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‖ Hemiptera, n. pl. Entom.|hɪˈmɪptərə|
Rarely in sing. Hemipteron.
[mod.L., neut. pl. of hēmipterus, f. hēmi-, ἡµι- hemi- + πτερόν wing, in reference to the structure of the wings.]
A large order of Insects, comprising a wide variety of different kinds, characterized by a suctorial mouth, and in the largest group (the Heteroptera), by wings coriaceous at the base and membranous at the tip. Also called Rhynchōta. Well-known examples are bugs, lice, and plant-lice.
1816Kirby & Sp. Entomol., Hemiptera. 1834McMurtrie Cuvier's Anim. Kingd. 403 These Hemiptera, also called pseudo-aphides..live on the trees and plants from which they derive their nourishment. 1885H. O. Forbes East. Archipelago viii. 251 A singular case of ants milking a winged Hemipteron, which of course could not be kept in captivity.
Hence heˈmipteral a., hemipterous. heˈmipteran adj., hemipterous; n., one of the Hemiptera. heˈmipterist, a student or collector of Hemiptera.
1828Webster, Hemipteral. 1865Douglas & Scott Brit. Hemiptera 6 The instruments of capture used by the Coleopterist will be those wanted by the Hemipterist. 1877Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. vii. 424 The absence of palps..suggesting that the Hemipteran mouth is the extreme term of a series of modifications. 1878Pop. Sci. Monthly Aug. 512 That terrible microscopic hemipteran, the chinch-bug. |