Hemiptera - True Bugs of Thailand

Most people tend to call anything with lots of legs a "bug." However, to an entomologist, a "bug" is one of the 35,000 or so species of the order Hemiptera. Hemiptera means "half wing" and refers to the fact that part of the first pair of wings is toughened and hard, while the rest of the first pair and the second pair are membranous. Hemipterans also have modified piercing and sucking mouthparts; some suck plant juices and are plant pests, while others can bite painfully.

Iniversity of California Museum of Pleontology

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Superfamily: Coreoideaoreoidea

Alydidae
Broad-headed Bugs ​

Coreidae
Leaf-footed bugs​

Rhopalidae
Soapberry Bugs​

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​Superfamily: Lygaeoidea

Lygaeidae
Milkweed Bugs​

Rhyparochromidae
Seed Bugs​

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​Superfamily: Pentatomoidea

Cydnidae
Burrowing Bugs​

Dinidoridae

Pentatomidae
Stink Bugs or Shield Bugs​

Plataspidae

Scutelleridae
Jewel Bugs or Metallic Shield Bugs​

Tessaratomidae
Tessaratomids​

Urostylididae

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​Superfamily: Pyrrhocoroidea

Pyrrhocoridae
Red Bugs & Cotton Stainers​

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Superfamily: Reduvioidea

Reduviidae
Assassin Bugs​

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Superfamily: ​Cercopoidea

Aphrophoridae
Spittlebugs

Cercopidae
Froghoppers

Machaerotidae
Tube Spittlebugs

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​Superfamily: ​Cicadoidea

Cicadidae
Cicadas

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Superfamily: Fulgoroidea

Derbidae
Derbid Planthoppers

Dictyopharidae
Long Nosed Planthoppers

Eurybrachyidae
Eurybrachid Planthoppers

Flatidae
Flatid Planthoppers

Fulgoridae
Lanternflies

Lophopidae
Lophopid Planthoppers

Ricaniidae
​Ricaniid Planthoppers

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Superfamily: Membracoidea

Cicadellidae
Leafhoppers & Sharpshooters

​Membracidae
Treehoppers, Thorn bugs