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Definition of Hemipteron
1. Noun. Insects with sucking mouthparts and forewings thickened and leathery at the base; usually show incomplete metamorphosis.
Generic synonyms: Insect
Group relationships: Hemiptera, Order Hemiptera
Specialized synonyms: Leaf Bug, Plant Bug, Lygaeid, Lygaeid Bug, Coreid, Coreid Bug, Bed Bug, Bedbug, Chinch, Cimex Lectularius, Backswimmer, Notonecta Undulata, True Bug
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hemipteron
Literary usage of Hemipteron
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine by Nathaniel Lloyd and Company (1903)
"... in which, also, another little hemipteron was enclosed; the following morning
1 found the latter sucked dry. Further, I once observed a ..."
2. A Laboratory Guide to the Study of Parasitology by William Brodbeck Herms (1913)
"C. hemipteron type. A very different sort of organ than the above described types
is found in the Hemiptera. Here the labium forms a prominent beak, ..."
3. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation by James William Tutt (1890)
"Mr. West ( Green wich) exhibited specimens of the hemipteron, ... Mr. West, of
Greenwich, a series of the local hemipteron, ..."
4. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society by Hawaiian Entomological Society (1906)
"Homomorph, as, eg, a hemipteron, than in an ... so greatly that a biologic note
on any hemipteron save a destructive pest is a matter for happy surprise. ..."
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