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Hemiptera +‎ -oid

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hemipteroid (plural hemipteroids)

  1. (zoology) A hemipteran or one of the closely related thrips and lice within the Exopterygota
    • 2015 July 31, “The Asian Rice Gall Midge ( Orseolia oryzae ) Mitogenome Has Evolved Novel Gene Boundaries and Tandem Repeats That Distinguish Its Biotypes”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      However, a few hymenopterans and hemipteroids do possess the ancestral insect mitogenome gene order.

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