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ground bug

n
(Animals) any member of a family (Lygaeidae) of hemipterous plant-eating insects, having generally dark bodies, sometimes marked with red, and lighter, yellowish wings
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The authors include Gerromorpha, known as the true aquatic bugs, and Nepomorpha, known as the semi aquatic bugs, as well as Leptopodomorpha (which includes Saldidae, shore bugs) and Dipsocoromorpha (which includes Dipsocoridae, jumping ground bugs).
Saulich, A. H., and D. L. Musolin. 2007. Seasonal Development of Aquatic and Semiaquatic True Bugs (Heteroptera)
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