HETEROPTERA
(true bugs)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Cimicomorpha
an infraorder of bugs
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 		Infraorder 70 subtaxa 430 images 30 ident. refs
Dipsocoromorpha
an infraorder of bugs
Infraorder 2 ident. refs
Gerromorpha
an infraorder of waterbugs
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 		Infraorder 10 subtaxa 81 images 8 ident. refs
Leptopodomorpha
an infraorder of bugs
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 		Infraorder 4 subtaxa 18 images 1 ident. refs
Nepomorpha
an infraorder of waterbugs
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 		Infraorder 18 subtaxa 101 images 18 ident. refs
Pentatomomorpha
an infraorder of bugs
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 		Infraorder 63 subtaxa 661 images 40 ident. refs
[water bugs]
aquatic Hemiptera
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 		Informal 35 subtaxa 200 images 58 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SuborderHETEROPTERA (true bugs)
OrderHEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Douglas, J.W. & Scott, J. 1864 *** The British Hemiptera. Vol. 1. Hemiptera-Heteroptera ***(Superseded) Vol 37, The Ray Society, London
() Kirby, P. 2015 British Heteroptera: Draft keys to families and to species in terrestrial familes other than Miridae
() Kirby, P. 1998 *** British Heteroptera: Draft keys to families and to species in terrestrial familes other than Dipsocoridae (incl Ceratocombidae), Miridae, Saldidae ***(Superseded)

HETEROPTERA (true bugs) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for HETEROPTERA (true bugs)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1,317 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for HETEROPTERA (true bugs)
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