order Hemiptera

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order Hemiptera - plant bugs; bedbugs; some true bugs; also includes suborders Heteroptera (true bugs) and Homoptera (e.g., aphids, plant lice and cicadas)Hemipteraanimal order - the order of animalsclass Hexapoda, class Insecta, Hexapoda, Insecta - insects; about five-sixths of all known animal specieshemipteran, hemipteron, hemipterous insect, bug - insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosisCapsidae, family Capsidae, family Miridae, Miridae - leaf bugsfamily Tingidae, Tingidae - lace bugsfamily Lygaeidae, Lygaeidae - lygaeid bugsCoreidae, family Coreidae - squash bugs and leaf-footed bugsCimicidae, family Cimicidae - wingless flat-bodied bloodsucking insectsfamily Notonectidae, Notonectidae - aquatic carnivorous insectsHeteroptera, suborder Heteroptera - true bugsHomoptera, suborder Homoptera - plant lice (aphids); whiteflies; cicadas; leafhoppers; plant hoppers; scale insects and mealybugs; spittle insects