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Kwik-Key to Common Families of Heteroptera

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

A.   Wings are completely absent.   Head is recessed between the lateral margins of the pronotum.

A: Family Cimicidae


B.   Wings are present, but do not cover the entire abdomen.   Head lies anterior to the pronotum.

B: Family Aradidae


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