Heteroptera of Economic Importance

INTRODUCTION Economic Importance of Heteroptera: A General View, Carl W. Schaefer and Antonio R. Panizzi HARMFUL BUGS Possible Causes of Disease Symptoms Resulting from the Feeding of Phytophagous Heteroptera, Koji Hori Plant Bugs (Miridae) as Plant Pests, A. G. Wheeler, Jr. Lace Bugs (Tingidae), John W. Neal, Jr., and Carl W. Schaefer Palm Bugs (Thaumastocoroidae), Lionel Hill and Carl W. Schaefer Seed and Chinch Bugs (Lygaeoidea), Merrill H. Sweet, II Ash-Gray Leaf Bugs (Piesmatoidae), Narisu Cotton Stainers and Their Relatives (Pyrrhocoroidae: Pyrrhocoridae and Largidae), Carl W. Schaefer and Imtiaz Ahmad Scentless Plant Bugs (Rhopalidae), Carl W. Schaefer and Jill Kotulski Broad-Headed Bugs (Alydidae), Antonio R. Panizzi, Carl W. Schaefer, and Yoshiro Natuhara Leaf-Footed Bugs (Coreoidae), Paula Levin Mitchell Burrower Bugs (Cydnidae), Jerzy A. Lis, Miriam Becker, and Carl W. Schaefer Stink Bugs (Antonio R. Panizzi, J. E. McPherson, David G. James, M. Javahery, and Robert M. McPherson Shield Bugs (Scutellcridae), M. Javahery, Carl W. Schaefer, and John D. Lattin Several Small Pentatomoid Families (Cyrtocoridae, Dinidoridae, Eurostylidae, Plataspidae, and Tessaratomidae), Carl W. Schaefer, Antonio R. Panizzi, and David D. James Flat Bugs (Aradidae), Kari Heliovaara Bed Bugs (Cimicidae), Carl W. Schaefer Triatominae (Reduviidae), Eloi S. Garcia, Patricia de Azambuja, and Joao C. P. Diaz Adventitious Biters - Nuisance Bugs, Carl W. Schaefer USEFUL BUGS How Carnivorous Bugs Feed (Allen Carson Cohen Creeping Water Bugs (Naucoridae), Robert W. Sites Giant Water Bugs (Belostomatidae), P. Venkatesan Water Scorpions (Nepidae), Steven L. Keffer Small Aquatic Bugs (Nepomorpha) with Slight or Underestimated Economic Importance, Miroslave Papacek Semiaquatic Bugs (Gerromorpha), John R. Spence and Nils Moller Andersen Minute Pirate Bugs (Anthocoridae), John D. Lattin Damsel Bugs (Nabidae) S. Kristine Braman Predaceous Plant Bugs (Miridae), A. G. Wheeler Assassin Bugs (Reduviidae exluding Triatominae), Dunston P. Ambrose Economic Importance of Predation by Big-Eyed Bugs (Geocoridae), Merrill H. Sweet, II Stilt Bugs (Berytidae), Thomas J, Henry Predaceous Stinkbugs (Pentatomide: Asopinae), Patrick DeClercq