| 单词 |
Heteroptera |
| 释义 |
‖ Heteroptera, n. pl. Entom.|hɛtəˈrɒptərə| [mod.L., f. Gr. ἑτερο- hetero- + πτερόν wing.] A suborder of Hemiptera, comprising those insects whose wings consist of dissimilar parts, being coriaceous at the base and membranous at the tip; the true bugs. Opp. to Homoptera.
1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. xlvii. (1828) IV. 385 He denominated the first of the sections Heteroptera. 1874Lubbock Orig. & Met. Ins. i. 25 The Heteroptera cannot exactly be said either to sting or bite. Hence heteˈropteran = heteropter; heteˈropterous a., belonging to or having the characters of the Heteroptera.
1842Brande Dict. Sci. etc., Heteropterans, Heteroptera, the name of a section of Hemipterans, comprehending those in which the hemelytra terminate abruptly by a membranous appendage. 1895Naturalist 213 Mr. Mason recorded 132 out of about 420 heteropterous hemiptera known to inhabit the British Islands. |

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