Heteroptera of Economic Importance [WorldCat Entities]

"From the bloodsucking bed bug to the dreaded assassin bug, the 37,000 described species of the suborder in this reference include many pests, disease transmitters and nuisances, which inflict damage on crops, forests, orchards and humans."@en
"Economic importance of heteroptera: a general view; Possible causes of disease symptoms resulting from the feeding of phytophagous heteroptera; Plant bugs (Miridae) as plant pests; Lace bugs (Tingidae); Palm bugs (Thaumastocoridae); Seed and chinch bugs (Lygaeoidea); Ash-gray leaf bugs (Piesmatidae); Cotton stainers and their relatives (Pyrrhocoroidea: Pyrhocoridae and Largidae); Scentless plant bugs (Rhopalidae); Broad-headed bugs (Alydidae); Leaf-footed bugs (Coreidae); Burrower bugs (Cydnidae); Stink bugs (Pentatomidae); Shield bugs (Scutelleridae); Several small pentatomoid families (Cyrtocoridae, Dinidoridae, Eurostylidae, Plataspidae, and Tessaratomidae); Flat bugs (Aradidae); Bed bugs (Cimicidae); Triatominae (Reduviidae); Adventitious biters - "Nuisance" bugs; How carnivorous bugs feed; Creeping water bugs (Naucoridae); Giant water bugs (Belostomatidae); Waterscorpions (Nepidae); Small aquatic bugs (Nepomorpha) with slight or underestimated economic importance; Semiaquatic bugs (Gerromorpha); Minute pirate bugs (Anthocoridae); Damsel bugs (Nabidae); Predacious plant bugs (Miridae); Assassin bugs (Reduviidae excluding Triatominae); Economic importance of predation by Big-Eyed bugs (Geocoridae); Stilt bugs (Berytidae); Predaceous stinkbugs (Pentatomidae: Asopinae)."