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CLASSIFICATION OF HEMIPTERA

Families in Green color Hemiptera Details

Insecta: Paurometabola HEMIPTERA Suborder: Cryptocerata (shorthorned bugs Corixidae (water boatmen) Notonectidae (backswimmers) Nepidae (water scorpions) Belostomatidae (giant water bugs) Suborder: Gymnocerata (longhorned bugs) Gerridae (water striders) Miridae (leaf bugs, plant bugs) Phymatidae (ambush bugs)

Reduviidae (assassin bugs) Tingidae (sugarcane lace bug, avocado lace bug, lace bugs) Lygaeidae (seed bugs, big eyed bugs, milkweed bugs) Coreidae (leaf-footed bugs, squash bugs) Pentatomidae (stink bugs) --------------------------------------- NOTE: DNA evidence shows a close relationship between the Hemiptera and Homoptera, so that eventually the two orders may be combined as was previously the case under the Heteroptera. [See proposed arrangement below] References Citations Sample Examinations

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CLASSIFICATION OF HEMIPTERA & HOMOPTERA Combined

Hemiptera Details Homoptera Details

HEMIPTERA - HOMOPTERA Combined Auchenorrhyncha Infraorder: Cicadomorpha (Clypeorrhyncha, Clypeata) Superfamily: Cercopoidea (spittlebugs, froghoppers) Aphrophoridae Cercopidae Clastopteridae Epipygidae Machaerotidae Superfamily: Cicadoidea (cicadas) Cicadidae (Platypediidae, Plautillidae, Tettigadidae, Tibicinidae) Tettigarctidae (hairy cicadas) Superfamily: Membracoidea (Cicadelloidea) Aetalionidae (Biturritiidae) Cicadellidae (Eurymelidae, Hylicidae, Ledridae, Ulopidae, leafhoppers) Melizoderidae Membracidae (Nicomiidae, treehoppers) Myerslopiidae (Cicadellidae, in part) Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha (Archaeorrhyncha, planthoppers) Superfamily: Fulgoroidea Acanaloniidae Achilidae Achilixiidae Cixiidae Delphacidae Derbidae Dictyopharidae Eurybrachyidae Flatidae Fulgoridae (lanternflies) Gengidae Hypochthonellidae Issidae Kinnaridae Lophopidae

Meenoplidae Nogodinidae Ricaniidae Tettigometridae Tropiduchidae Coleorrhyncha Peloridiidae Heteroptera Reduviidae (assassin bugs) Cimicidae (bedbugs and flower bugs) Miridae (plant bugs) Coreidae (Leaf-footed bugs, squash bugs & sweetpotato bugs) Lygaeidae (seed bugs) Rhyparochromidae (seed bugs) Pentatomidae (stink bugs or shield bugs) Sternorrhyncha Aphididae (aphids) Eriosomatinae (gall aphids) Pemphigidae (gall aphids) Adelgidae (conifer aphids) Chermesidae (conifer aphids) Phylloxeridae (phylloxerans) Aleyrodidae (whiteflies) Psyllidae (jumping plant lice) Superfamily: : Coccoidea (scale insects) Margarodidae (cottony-cushion scale, ground pearls) Diaspididae (armored scales) Dactylopiidae (cochineal insects) Kerriidae (lac scales) Lacciferidae (lac scales) Coccidae (soft scales) Asterolecaniidae (pit scales) Pseudococcidae (mealybugs) Eriococcidae (felted scales) References Citations

Details of Insect Taxonomic Groups

Examples of beneficial species occur in almost every insect order, and considerable information on morphology and habits has been assembled. Therefore, the principal groups of insect parasitoids and predators provide details that refer to the entire class Insecta. These details are available at <taxnames.htm>.