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‖ Homoptera, n. pl. Entom.|həʊˈmɒptərə|
[mod.L. (Latreille 1817), f. Gr. ὁµο- homo- + πτερόν wing: cf. Gr. ὁµόπτερος with the same plumage.]
A suborder of Hemiptera, comprising insects of very various forms, with wings of uniform texture: contrasted with Heteroptera.
1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. xlvii. (1828) IV. 385 He denominated the last of these suborders Homoptera. 1835Kirby Hab. & Inst. Anim. II. xx. 319 The Homoptera have four deflexed wings often of a substance between coriaceous and membranous. 1874Lubbock Orig. & Met. Ins. i. 25 The Homoptera agree with the Heteroptera in the structure of the mouth, and in the metamorphoses.
Hence hoˈmopter [F. homoptère, Latreille], hoˈmopteran, a member of the Homoptera; hoˈmopterous a., belonging to or having the characters of the Homoptera.
1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. xlvii. (1828) IV. 385 Very considerable differences take place in the economy of Homopterous insects. 1842Brande Dict. Sci. etc., Homopterans, Homoptera, the name of an order of insects, dismembered from the Hemiptera of Linnæus, including those in which the wing-covers are of an uniform semimembranous consistency. 1864Webster, Homopter.
Add: homopteran n.: also as adj.
1909in Webster s.v. Homoptera, Homopteran.., a. and n. 1966Ann. Entomologici Fennici XXXII. 17 Many auchenorrhynchous Homopteran groups match the Cicadellidae in karyological conservatism. 1978Amer. Naturalist CXII. 1019 In spite of the efforts by several entomologists, the very rich homopteran fauna of Panama are still rather poorly known. 1988New Scientist 5 May 47/1 Like aphids and other homopteran insects, jumping plant lice..feed on the sap that flows through the vascular tissues of plants. |