True Bugs (Heteroptera) of the Neotropics

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Panizzi, Antônio R. (Editor), Grazia, Jocélia (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2015.
• Series: Entomology in Focus, 2
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Biodiversity.; Invertebrates.; Life Sciences.

True bugs (Heteroptera) are a diverse and complex group of plant-feeding and predatory  insects important to food production, human health, the global economy and the environment. Within the nearly 43,000 species described around the world, Neotropical true bugs are particularly diverse, and much re...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction to true bugs (Heteroptera) of the neotropics
• 2. Morphology, ontogeny, reproduction, and feeding of true bugs
• 3. Classification and biogeography of Neotropical true bugs
• 4. The unique-headed bugs (Enicocephalomorpha)
• 5. The minute litter bugs (Dipsocoromorpha)
• 6. The semi-aquatic gerromorphans
• 7. The true water bugs (Nepomorpha)
• 8. Shore bugs (Saldidae)
• 9. Minute pirate bugs (Anthocoridae and Lyctocoridae)
• 10. Plant bugs (Miridae)
• 11. Damsel bugs (Nabidae)
• 12. Assassin bugs (Reduviidae excluding Triatominae)
• 13. Hematophagous bugs (Reduviidae Triatominae)
• 14. Lace bugs (Tingidae)
• 15. Flat bugs (Aradidae)
• 16. The big-eyed bugs, chinch bugs, and seed bugs (Lygaeoidea)
• 17. Cotton stainers (Pyrrhocoridae) and bordered plant bugs (Largidae)
• 18. Broad-headed bugs (Alydidae)
• 19. Leaf-footed bugs (Coreidae)
• 20. Scentless plant bugs (Rhopalidae)
• 21. Burrower bugs (Cydnidae)
• 22. Stink bugs (Pentatomidae)
• 23. Shield bugs (Scutelleridae)
• 24. Negro bugs (Thyreocoridae)
• 25. Pentatomoid families (Acanthosomatidae, Canopidae, Dinidoridae, Megarididae, Phloeidae, and Tessaratomidae)  .