Heteroptera

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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = True Bugs | image = Anchorbug8479.JPG | image_width = 200px | image_caption = Anchor Bug | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Arthropoda | classis = Insecta | ordo = Hemiptera | subordo = Heteroptera | subordo_authority = Latreille, 1810 | subdivision_ranks = Infraorders | subdivision = Enicocephalomorpha
Dipsocoromorpha
Gerromorpha
Nepomorpha
Leptopodomorpha
Cimicomorpha
Pentatomorpha
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Heteroptera (also called true bugs) is a suborder of the order Hemiptera. There are 25,000 known species in over 60 families. The name Heteroptera comes from their forewings having both membranous and hard portions.

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Water bugs

Water bugs are a common name for a number of aquatic insects classified in the phylum Arthropoda , class Insecta, order Hemiptera. The following families are considered waterbugs: