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suborder Auchnorrhyncha
beak base posterior
3 segmented tarsi
setaceous antennae
Suborder Heteroptera
beak base anterior
Suborder Sternorrhyncha
beak base posterior, small, inactive, 1-2 tarsomeres
Suborder Heteroptera cn
true bugs, X on back
% Corixidae
water boatman
counter-shaded aquatic
% Gerridae
water striders
antiapical claws
% Miridae
Plant bugs - leaf bugs
wing bends down
% nabidae
damsel bugs
many small cells surrounding margin of wing membr.
%Notonetidae
backswimmers
gressorial pretarsus, counter-shading
% Veliidae
broad-shouldered water striders/ rifflebugs
smaller, antiapical claws
Suborder Adephaga
troconter sticks out
suture out there
suborder Polyphaga
troconters tight against femur
suture on edge
% Carabidae
ground and tiger beetles
prognathous, fast, subapical spur
subfamily Cicindellinae
tiger beetles
% Dytiscidae
water beetle
troconter out, no ventral spine, some with swollen prothoracic legs
% Gryinidae
whirligig beetles
split compound eyes
% Staphilinidae
rove beetles
truncated wings
% Cantharidae
soldier beetles
pronotal shield, soft elytra, head not covered
%Lampyridae
fireflies