Elementary entomology ([c1912]) Elementary entomology elementaryentomo00sand Year: [c1912] CHAPTER XI THE TRUE BUGS, APHIDES, AND SCALE INSECTS (HEMIPTERA) Characteristics. Insects with four wings, except in the parasitic forms ; fore- wings, thickened at the base, with membranous tips and overlapping on the back in the Heteroptera, but entirely membranous and sloping at the sides of the body in the suborder Homoptera: mouth-parts, suctorial; antennae, few- jointed ; metamorphosis, incomplete. Ordinarily all insects or small, insectlike animals are called bugs by the uninitiated, but when the
Elementary entomology ([c1912]) Elementary entomology elementaryentomo00sand Year: [c1912] CHAPTER XI THE TRUE BUGS, APHIDES, AND SCALE INSECTS (HEMIPTERA) Characteristics. Insects with four wings, except in the parasitic forms ; fore- wings, thickened at the base, with membranous tips and overlapping on the back in the Heteroptera, but entirely membranous and sloping at the sides of the body in the suborder Homoptera: mouth-parts, suctorial; antennae, few- jointed ; metamorphosis, incomplete. Ordinarily all insects or small, insectlike animals are called bugs by the uninitiated, but when the entomologist speaks of a FIG. 139. Fore-wings of Heteroptera, showing thickened veins and arrangement of veins in membranous tip characteristic of various families /, Capsldae; 2, Pyrrhocoridac; j, Lygaeldae ; 4, Coreidae; 5, Xabldae; 6, Acanthldae (After Comstock) bug he refers to an insect of the order Hemiptera. The insects of this order are readily recognized by the strong, pointed suck- ing beak which extends from the head between the legs, and in which are inclosed the other mouth-parts, as already described (see p. 17). They develop with an incomplete metamorphosis, as has been described for the squash-bug (p. 50), which is a good ex- ample of one group. The name of the order, Heiniptera, is de- rived from hcmi (half) and pteron (wing), but is really applicable to only one suborder, the Heteroptera. The name Heteroptera has a similar significance, referring to the fore-wings, which have the 107
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