Neither, on the other hand, for the same reasons, could the mouth of the hemiptera be modified into a mandibulate type like that of the Coleoptera.
"On the Origin and Metamorphoses of Insects"
Sir John Lubbock
The membracis belongs to the tribe of "Bugs," hemiptera, which implies that it possesses a beak instead of jaws, by which it sucks the sap of plants, precisely like the aphis, or plant-louse.
"My Studio Neighbors"
William Hamilton Gibson
The order hemiptera includes the lice, and the most important families are Pediculidae and Ricinidae.
"Common Diseases of Farm Animals"
R. A. Craig, D. V. M.