Hemiptera

True bugs

They cannot chew. Every species feeds through a jointed beak, most on plant sap, some on other insects.

Around 80,000 species worldwide · 50 species in this volume

Shield bugsPentatomidae13 species CicadasCicadidae1 species

Leaf-footed bugsCoreidae3 species FirebugsPyrrhocoridae1 species

Parent bugsAcanthosomatidae3 species Broad-headed bugsAlydidae1 species SpittlebugsAphrophoridae2 species FroghoppersCercopidae1 species LeafhoppersCicadellidae2 species PlanthoppersIssidae1 species

Seed bugsLygaeidae3 species

Plant bugsMiridae11 species Damsel bugsNabidae2 species Oxycarenidae1 species Scentless plant bugsRhopalidae2 species Dirt-coloured seed bugsRhyparochromidae1 species Jewel bugsScutelleridae1 species Lace bugsTingidae1 species