Hemiptera

The "true bugs" earn their name from piercing-sucking mouthparts that set them apart from every other insect order.

Hemiptera includes stink bugs, cicadas, aphids, and assassin bugs — a range that spans plant feeders, predators, and blood parasites.

If it has a beak-like mouthpart tucked under its head, it probably belongs here.

Cicadellidae
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Cicadellidae

Pin #67 · Hemiptera · Cicadellidae
Guatemala: San Miguel Dueñas · 21 Mar 2026 · 14.54, -90.81
Collector: A. Angel
Preservation: Point mount
Characters: Leafhopper; tiny, elongate; cream-yellow body with two transverse crimson bands; on a damp fern gametophyte.

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Blissidae - Blissus sp.
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Blissidae - Blissus sp.

Pin #66 · Hemiptera · Blissidae - Blissus sp.
NE: Cass Co. · 01 Sep 2024 · 40.84, -96.41
Collector: A. Angel
Preservation: point mount
Characters: Chinch bug; small black body with white wings

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Aphididae
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Aphididae

Pin #64 · Hemiptera · Aphididae
Guatemala: Antigua Guatemala · 02 Apr 2026 · 14.55, -90.74
Collector: A. Angel
Preservation: Preserve in 70% ethanol in a vial
Characters: Soft pear-shaped body; paired cornicles near abdomen tip; wings present-alate.

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Aphididae
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Aphididae

Pin #63 · Hemiptera · Aphididae
Guatemala: Antigua Guatemala · 02 Apr 2026 · 14.55, -90.74
Collector: A. Angel
Preservation: Preserve in 70% ethanol in a vial
Characters: Soft pear-shaped body; paired cornicles near abdomen tip; wings present-alate.

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Aphididae
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Aphididae

Pin #65 · Hemiptera · Aphididae

NE: Lancaster Co. · 21 Apr 2026 · 40.87, -96.81

Collector: A. Angel

Preservation: Preserve in 70% ethanol in a vial

Characters: Soft pear-shaped body; paired cornicles near abdomen tip; wings absent.

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Coreidae - Leptoglossus sp.
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Coreidae - Leptoglossus sp.

Pin #72 · Hemiptera · Coreidae - Leptoglossus sp.
Guatemala: Antigua Guatemala · 19 Mar 2026 · 14.55, -90.74
Collector: A. Angel
Preservation: Pin through the scutellum, head 3/8" above body.
Characters: Leaf-footed bug; antennae 4-segmented, long and reddish; ocelli prominent on head; head narrower than pronotum; body pubescent and dusky brown.

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