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Pentatomidae
- broad shoulders, some with toothed shoulders
- brightly colored
- triangular shaped scutellum
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Scutellaridae
- similar to pentatomidae
- Scutellum extends over entire back like a shield
- Does not have toothed shoulders
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Thyreocoridae
- Always have black shiny bodies
- broad round shoulders
- Look like little beetles
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Coreidae
- Has ocelli
- narrow head
- broad shoulders
- many veins
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Alydidae
- similar to coreidae
- head is as broad as shoulders
- spikes on hind legs
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Rhopalidae
- similar to coreidae
- head is broad
- shoulders are broader
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Lygaeidae
- similar to coreidae
- very little wing venation
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Tingidae
- small
- areolates all over wings and body
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Reduviidae
- has a necklike head
- part of abdomen exposed viewing from above
- bristlely legs
- if sticklike: have raptorial forelegs
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Nabidae
- slender, dull, albino looking with red eyes
- developed wings will have cells along the edge of wings.
- can be wingless or short winged
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Cimicidae
- small, flattened, no wings
- head sits in a concave thorax
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Miridae
- shimmery rainbow wings
- has cuneus
- 4 seg beak
- no ocelli
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anthocoridae
- dark and light contrasting patterns
- looks like a teeny stink bug
- has ocelli
- 3 seg beak
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Gerridae
- Long legs
- ateapical claws
- hindfemora extends past abdomen
- dark brown
- forelegs extend out from body
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Nepidae
- large
- ovate and stick forms
- raptorial forelegs: extend out from the head
- elongate breathing tube
- dark tan
- long thorax
- bulging eyes
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Saldidae
- small, oval, black
- short head
- long closed cells on clear wings
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Corixidae
- hindlegs oarlike
- swimming hairs
- short, conical beak
- foretarses peglike no claw
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Notonectidae
- hindlegs oarlike
- swimming hairs
- light and colorful patterns
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Belostomatidae
- large, ovate
- raptorial forelegs
- venation on wings
- no breathing tube
- Brown
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