Tingidi
and fold their wings flat over their body when at rest. The wings overlap each other exposing the scutellum, a prominent triangular region of the thorax [...] lous insects. Their life cycle consists of an egg, usually five nymphal instars and the adult insect. Several species of especially the families Miridae [...] thorax between the wing bases. This distinguishes them from beetles, which have hard, leathery forewings that meet, but do not overlap, in the dorsal midline