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Insects from the order Heteroptera are called “true bugs” (Schuh and Slater, 1995). These insects go from small (few millimetres long) to very large (about 120 mm) size, with mouthparts transformed into a characteristic beak, the maxilla form an inner tube and the mandibles form the outer shaft, all protected and kept in place by the labium. The fore wings are tegminaceous or half sclerotized (hemelytra) and protect the membranous hind wings at rest. However, wing reduction is very common with all possible intermediates up to completely wingless morphs (Zera and Denno, 1997).
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Perez-Goodwyn, P. (2009). Anti-Wetting Surfaces in Heteroptera (Insecta): Hairy Solutions to Any Problem. In: Gorb, S.N. (eds) Functional Surfaces in Biology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6697-9_5
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