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Agriculture · Q601

Agricultural Entomology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 601

Q601

The family of the insect order hemiptera having distinct corium, clavus and cuneus in hindwing is

A.
Lygaeidae
B.
Miridae
Answer
C.
Pyrrhocoridae
D.
Reduviidae

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
The family of the insect order Hemiptera having distinct corium, clavus and cuneus in hindwing is Miridae.
The Miridae are a large and diverse insect family at one time known by the taxonomic synonym Capsidae. It is the largest family of true bugs belonging to the suborder Heteroptera; it includes over 10,000 known species, and new ones are being described constantly.
Miridae is small, terrestrial insects, usually oval-shaped or elongated and measuring less than 12 millimetres (0.5 in) in length. Many of them have a hunched look, because of the shape of the prothorax, which carries the head bent down.