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ornamented either with spines or distinctive fiat
outgrowths.
EXAMPLES:
Corythucha ciliata
(sycamore lace
bug),
Stephanitis rhododendri
(rhododendron
bug).
8. Family MICROPHYSIDAE
Similar to anthocorids but rostrum 4-segmented
and tarsi 2-segmented; females usually brachy-
pterous; abdomen swollen
(Fig.
26); ocelli
absent.
EXAMPLE:
Loricula elegantula.
Superfamily CIMICOIDEA
6. Family NABIDAE (damsel bugs)
9. Family MIRIDAE (capsid bugs)
(p. 96
et seq.)
Slender-bodied, relatively long-legged, preda-
tory bugs, with a curved, 4-segmented rostrum;
antennae thin, 4- or 5-segmented; ocelli present;
forewings without a cuneus; forelegs more or less
raptorial; tarsi 3-segmented.
EXAMPLES:
Aptus mirmicoides
(ant damsel
bug),
Himacerus apterus
(tree damsel bug).
A
very large group of small to medium-sized,
usually delicate, soft-bodied, very active bugs;
ocelli absent; rostrum 4-segmented; cuneus usu-
ally present and embolium indistinct
(Fig.
27);
tarsi usually 3-segmented. Includes phytopha-
gous and predatory species.
EXAMPLES:
Mirinae -
Lygus rugulipennis
(tarnished plant bug),
Lygocoris pabulinus
(common green capsid); Orthotylinae -
Blepharidopterus angulatus
(black-kneed
capsid); Phylinae -
Psallus ambiguus
(red ap-
ple capsid).
7. Family ANTHOCORIDAE
Small, elongate-oval, flattened, predatory bugs;
rostrum straight, 3-segmented and held against
body when in repose; ocelli present; forewings
with both a cuneus and an embolium
(Fig.
25);
tarsi 3-segmented.
EXAMPLES:
Anthocoris nemorum
(common
flower bug),
Orius vicinus
(raspberry bug).
Suborder HOMOPTERA
Adults with forewings either hardened (leath-
ery) or membranous throughout; hindwings
membranous; wings, when in repose, usually
held over the body in a sloping, roof-like posture;
Fig.
24 Forewing (hemelytron) of a lace bug -
family Tingidae.
Fig.
25 Forewing (hemelytron) of a predatory bug -
family Anthocoridae (genus
Orius).
Fig.
26 A predatory bug,
Loricula elegantula
-
family Microphysidae (x25).
