PTERYGOTE insects originally evolved as terrestrial animals, but various families of Hemiptera have since colonized aquatic habitats. Corixids live on the bottom, feeding mainly on algae and detritus.

Triatomines represented 32.3% of the volunteer contacts. Records showed a predominance of true bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera), including phytophagous species and predator reduviids (54.6%; n=254).

2022). Aphis craccivora Koch, 1854 (Hemiptera: Aphididae) causing wilting of flower buds, leaves and fruits of P. lunatus due to sap sucking (Pinheiro et al., 2020). Other sap suckers, such as ...

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