Kwik-Key to Common Families of Heteroptera

Select "A" or "B" for your specimen:

A. Front tarsi short and scoop-like. Dorsal surface of body relatively flat. Wings marked with dark lateral lines. Proboscis is short and broad.

A: Family Corixidae

B. Front tarsi two-segmented with typical claws. Dorsal surface of body strongly convex. Proboscis long and slender.

B: Family Notonectidae

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