Heteroptera

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἕτεροπτερος (héteropteros, “different wings”), from ἕτερος (héteros, “different”) and πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).

Proper noun

Heteroptera

1. A taxonomic suborder within the order Hemiptera – typical true bugs.

Hypernyms

• (suborder): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Paraneoptera - superorder; Hemiptera - order

Hyponyms

• (suborder): Cimicomorpha, Dipsocoromorpha, Enicocephalomorpha, Gerromorpha, Leptopodomorpha, Nepomorpha, Pentatomomorpha - infraorders

References

• Heteroptera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Heteroptera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Heteroptera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• True Bugs from American Museum of Natural History