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22 Cards in this Set
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Nepidae
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Slender/elongate or oval/elongate, raptorial front legs, paired tubes on end of abdomen for breathing
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Belosstomatidae
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Flat/oval, raptorial front legs but only short appendages on end of abdomen, hind legs flat/oarlike
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Corixidae
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Dorsal surface flat with fine dark stripes, elongate/oarlike hind legs
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Gelastocoridae
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"Toad bugs". Small/flat/toadlike, raptorial front legs with tiny pincer-like claws
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Naucoridae
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Look like small Belostomatidae, hind legs not strongly modified for swimming, raptorial forelegs
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Notonectidae
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Dorsal surface of body strongly convex, fore tarsi not scoop-shaped, often light colour without striations as in Corixidae
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Veliidae
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Small, middle legs start midway between front and hind, look like stumpy leg Gerridae
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Gerridae
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Water skippers, middle legs closer to hing legs than fore legs
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Saldidae
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Membrane of fore wing with 4-5 long closed cells
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Tingidae
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lace bugs
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Miridae
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Forewing with cuneus, membrane with 2 closed cells
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Nabidae
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Membrane of forewing with many smal cells along margin, long slender body
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Anthrocoridae
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Small, forewing with cuneus, membrane of forewing with few/no veins and closed cells
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Cimicidae
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Bed bugs, flat/oval/round, wings reduced, no ocelli
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Reduviidae
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Beak fits into groove in prosternum, elongate head and neck-like behind eyes
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Aradidae
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Flat, wings small and don't cover entire abdomen
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Berytidae
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Slender, thread-like legs, club-like shape at end of antennae
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Lygaeidae
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4-5 veins in membranous portion of forewing
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Pyrrhocoridae
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Similar to Lygaeidae but no ocelli and forewing with many more veins and branches
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Coreidae
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MMany small veins in membrane of forewing, look faint and without crossveins, hind legs often leaf like
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Scutelleridae
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Scutellum covers entire abdomen, wings only visiblle at edge of scutellum
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Pentatomidae
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sttink bugs, scutellum triangular and doesn't extend to tip of abdomen
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