heteropterous
belonging or pertaining to the Heteroptera, in some classifications a suborder of hemipterous insects comprising the true bugs.
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This term may be applied to the Mesothorax in heteropterous Hemiptera, in which that part lies buried under the Prothorax.
An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. IV (of 4) | William KirbyThese are the true bugs, and belong to the sub-division called heteropterous Hemiptera.
American Pomology | J. A. WarderIn the heteropterous section it is merely the vertical termination of their narrow nose.
An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. III (of 4) | William KirbyIn the heteropterous section the three axes are evident, but the humeral plate is not easily made out.
An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. III (of 4) | William KirbyIt is remarkable only in the Coleoptera and heteropterous Hemiptera, to which my observations upon it will be confined.
An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. III (of 4) | William Kirby
British Dictionary definitions for heteropterous
heteropteran
/ (ˌhɛtəˈrɒptərəs) /
of, relating to, or belonging to the Heteroptera, a suborder of hemipterous insects, including bedbugs, water bugs, etc, in which the forewings are membranous but have leathery tips: Compare homopterous
Origin of heteropterous
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