Kwik-Key to Common Families of Heteroptera

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

A. The head is broad and flat. Compound eyes are large and extend beyond pronotum.

A: Family Geocoridae

B. The head is triangular. Compound eyes do not protrude beyond pronotum.

B: Family Lygaeidae

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