香港生物多樣性博物館
HONG KONG BIODIVERSITY MUSEUM
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Distribution:
Every continent except Arctic and Antarctica, especially in the tropics
Habitat:
Terrestrial and aquatic
Diet:
Plant sap, nectar, blood, dried seeds, smaller plant-eating insect
Number of species globally
40,000
Number of species in Hong Kong :
561
Morphology
(how to recognize them) :
-Usually small and flat
-Forewings with two textures, harden at the base and transparent at tips
-Wings are folded flat and forms an X-shaped design at the back
-Have a sucking mouthparts and a hardened gula (a hard bridge that separates the mouthparts)
Diagram
Did you know ?
Heteroptera is a very diverse group. Some curiosities about different groups are:
-Sphaerodema sp. males carry the eggs on their backs until they are hatched.
-Gerris sp. (the water skaters) are able to walk on water due to their long, hydrophobic legs and bristle fringes creating buoyancy for them to float.
-Pentatomidae (stink bugs) are able to eject a jet of stinking liquid to a distance of up to 50 cm.