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noun
EntomologyAn insect of the order Hemiptera or bugs, such as an aphid, cicada, or leafhopper.
‘Predaceous arthropods were tallied and assigned to general taxonomic groups: spiders, hymenopterans, hemipterans, and coccinellids.’- ‘Worldwide, stilt bugs are a relatively small group of unusual hemipterans, or true bugs, in the family Berytidae.’
- ‘In June, there was a significant increase in consumption of hemipterans.’
- ‘Based exclusively on esophageal contents, hemipterans, including both corixids and notonectids, were not frequently ingested by female Buffleheads breeding on the Chilcotin Plateau.’
- ‘Other wasps parasitize the eggs or larvae of other insects, such as the wasp below, which is shown emerging from the egg of a hemipteran that was parasitized.’
adjective
EntomologyRelating to or denoting hemipterans.
‘They suggest that Roridula absorbs nitrogen from the liquid hemipteran faeces directly through the cuticle.’- ‘Recently, it was suggested that the hemipteran - plant interaction constituted a new pathway for plant carnivory.’
- ‘This was not, however, the same as the hemipteran rostrum.’
- ‘Members of the family Scelionidae are egg parasitoids of several economically-important hemipteran pests.’
- ‘The primary reason for this is that a carnivorous hemipteran lives obligately in very close association with Roridula.’
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