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Heteroptera - Bugs

This is the Suborder Heteroptera which is placed under the Order Hemiptera.
Heteropteras are closely related to Cicadas (Cicadomorpha), Planthoppers (Fulgoromorpha) and Aphids (Sternorrhyncha), all placed in the same Order.

Bugs are not, like Beetles or Butterflies, undergoing metamorphosis between a larval phase and an adult phase. Instead they have something called hemimetabolous or incomplete metamorphosis. When they hatch from the egg, they are already very similar the adult species, this is the first instar. To grow larger the nymphs have to shed their skin, after the last instar they change to the adult form, where they have reproductive organs and for the most also have wings.

There are over 40.000 Heteroptera species worldwide. According to the Statistics of Fauna Europaea there are 887 species in Austria (Subspecies not included).
The images here below only covers a small fraction of those.

 
 
A newly hatched batch of nymphs. This is called the first instar. Note the black triangle on the white eggs. It's the equivalent to an egg tooth known from birds, used to open up the egg from the inside.

 

Number of species: 132

Infraorder - Pentatomomorpha

Coreidae Gonocerus acuteangulatus
Gonocerus acuteangulatus
(Box Bug)
Hits: 2680 / 2.77
» Coreidae » Coreinae
Apr 2020
Coreidae Gonocerus acuteangulatus
Gonocerus acuteangulatus
(Box Bug)
Hits: 2554 / 2.64
» Coreidae » Coreinae
Oct 2020
Coreidae Gonocerus acuteangulatus
Gonocerus acuteangulatus
(Box Bug)
Hits: 2688 / 2.78
» Coreidae » Coreinae
May 2021
Coreidae Gonocerus acuteangulatus
Gonocerus acuteangulatus
(Box Bug)
Hits: 2513 / 2.59
» Coreidae » Coreinae
May 2022
Coreidae Gonocerus acuteangulatus
Gonocerus acuteangulatus
(Box Bug)
Hits: 2535 / 2.62
» Coreidae » Coreinae
May 2022
Coreidae Gonocerus acuteangulatus
Gonocerus acuteangulatus
(Box Bug)
Hits: 2496 / 3.39
» Coreidae » Coreinae
Apr 2023
Coreidae Gonocerus acuteangulatus
Gonocerus acuteangulatus
(Box Bug)
Hits: 2279 / 3.09
» Coreidae » Coreinae
Apr 2023
Coreidae Gonocerus acuteangulatus
Gonocerus acuteangulatus
(Box Bug)
Hits: 2190 / 2.97
» Coreidae » Coreinae
Apr 2023
Coreidae Gonocerus acuteangulatus
Gonocerus acuteangulatus
(Box Bug)
Hits: 136 / 8.65
» Coreidae » Coreinae
Apr 2025
Coreidae Gonocerus acuteangulatus
Gonocerus acuteangulatus
(Box Bug)
Hits: 141 / 8.97
» Coreidae » Coreinae
Apr 2025
Coriomeris denticulatus
(Langtornet randtæge)
Hits: 7863 / 1.80
» Coreidae » Pseudophloeinae
Jun 2013
Coriomeris denticulatus
(Denticulate Leatherbug)
Hits: 2893 / 2.63
» Coreidae » Pseudophloeinae
Coreidae Ceraleptus gracilicornis
Ceraleptus gracilicornis
(-)
Hits: 2454 / 2.53
» Coreidae » Pseudophloeinae
Apr 2022
Coreidae Ceraleptus gracilicornis
Ceraleptus gracilicornis
(-)
Hits: 1969 / 2.67
» Coreidae » Pseudophloeinae
Apr 2023
Coreidae Ceraleptus gracilicornis
Ceraleptus gracilicornis
(-)
Hits: 1260 / 3.19
» Coreidae » Pseudophloeinae
Apr 2024
Coreidae Ceraleptus gracilicornis
Ceraleptus gracilicornis
(-)
Hits: 1279 / 3.45
» Coreidae » Pseudophloeinae
Apr 2024
Coreidae Ceraleptus gracilicornis
Ceraleptus gracilicornis
(-)
Hits: 919 / 3.18
» Coreidae » Pseudophloeinae
Jul 2024
Coreidae Ceraleptus gracilicornis
Ceraleptus gracilicornis
(-)
Hits: 227 / 14.49
» Coreidae » Pseudophloeinae
Apr 2025
Coreidae Ceraleptus gracilicornis
Ceraleptus gracilicornis
(-)
Hits: 206 / 13.15
» Coreidae » Pseudophloeinae
Apr 2025
Coreidae Ceraleptus gracilicornis
Ceraleptus gracilicornis
(-)
Hits: 208 / 13.28
» Coreidae » Pseudophloeinae
Apr 2025
Coreidae Ceraleptus
Ceraleptus sp.
(-)
Hits: 1200 / 3.24
» Coreidae » Pseudophloeinae
Apr 2024
Coreidae Coriomeris denticulatus
Coriomeris denticulatus
(Langtornet randtæge)
Hits: 2575 / 2.70
» Coreidae » Pseudophloeinae
Oct 2022
Coreidae Coriomeris denticulatus
Coriomeris denticulatus
(-)
Hits: 1381 / 3.50
» Coreidae » Pseudophloeinae
Apr 2024
Coreidae Coriomeris denticulatus
Coriomeris denticulatus
(-)
Hits: 1125 / 3.04
» Coreidae » Pseudophloeinae
Apr 2024
Corizus hyoscyami
(-)
Hits: 6262 / 3.03
» Rhopalidae
Sep 2009
Rhopalidae Rhopalidae
Rhopalidae sp.
(-)
Hits: 2593 / 2.68
» Rhopalidae
Oct 2020
Stictopleurus abutilon
(Knapweed rhopalid)
Hits: 4660 / 3.20
» Rhopalidae
Stictopleurus cf. crassicornis
(-)
Hits: 5958 / 2.80
» Rhopalidae
Sep 2009
Rhopalidae Corizus hyoscyami
Corizus hyoscyami
(-)
Hits: 2562 / 3.23
» Rhopalidae » Rhopalinae
Jun 2020
Rhopalidae Corizus hyoscyami
Corizus hyoscyami
(-)
Hits: 1266 / 3.58
» Rhopalidae » Rhopalinae
May 2024
Rhopalidae Rhopalini
Rhopalini sp.
(-)
Hits: 2598 / 2.68
» Rhopalidae » Rhopalinae
Jul 2010
Rhopalidae Rhopalini
Rhopalini sp.
(-)
Hits: 2611 / 2.99
» Rhopalidae » Rhopalinae
Jul 2017
Rhopalidae Rhopalus subrufus
Rhopalus subrufus
(Skovkanttæge)
Hits: 2536 / 2.62
» Rhopalidae » Rhopalinae
May 2019
Stenocephalidae Dicranocephalus agilis
Dicranocephalus agilis
(-)
Hits: 2551 / 2.63
» Stenocephalidae
Jul 2005
Stenocephalidae Dicranocephalus agilis
Dicranocephalus agilis
(-)
Hits: 183 / 11.60
» Stenocephalidae
Apr 2025
Berytidae Berytinus clavipes
Berytinus clavipes
(-)
Hits: 2976 / 3.07
» Berytidae » Berytinae
Apr 2022
Berytidae Berytinus
Berytinus minor
(Stilt bug)
Hits: 3059 / 3.16
» Berytidae » Berytinae
May 2022
Neides tipularius
(-)
Hits: 7495 / 1.27
» Berytidae » Berytinae
Apr 2009
Berytidae Metacanthus annulosus
Metacanthus annulosus
(-)
Hits: 2349 / 2.43
» Berytidae » Metacanthinae
Apr 2007
Berytidae Metatropis rufescens
Metatropis rufescens
(-)
Hits: 2619 / 2.70
» Berytidae » Metacanthinae
Aug 2022
Geocoris erythrocephalus
(-)
Hits: 4004 / 3.46
» Geocoridae » Geocorinae
Platyplax salviae
(-)
Hits: 5728 / 3.10
» Heterogastridae
Apr 2020
Platyplax salviae
(-)
Hits: 4908 / 2.66
» Heterogastridae
Apr 2020
Heterogastridae Platyplax salviae
Platyplax salviae
(-)
Hits: 2371 / 2.45
» Heterogastridae
Apr 2020
Heterogastridae Platyplax salviae
Platyplax salviae
(-)
Hits: 1569 / 3.97
» Heterogastridae
Apr 2024
Lygaeidae Nysius
Nysius sp.
(-)
Hits: 724 / 3.65
» Lygaeidae
Aug 2024
Lygaeidae Kleidocerys resedae
Kleidocerys resedae
(Birch catkin bug)
Hits: 2955 / 4.01
» Lygaeidae » Ischnorhynchinae
May 2023
Lygaeidae Kleidocerys resedae
Kleidocerys resedae
(Birch catkin bug)
Hits: 1258 / 3.56
» Lygaeidae » Ischnorhynchinae
May 2024

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