Thyreocoridae
Family of true bugs
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The Thyreocoridae are a family of shield bugs, known by common names that include negro bugs or ebony bugs.[1] Historically, a few authors have called this family "Corimelaenidae" (e.g.[2][3]), but the name Thyreocoridae, published in 1843, has nomenclatural priority over Corimelaenidae, published in 1872.[4][5][6] Other classifications have placed them as a subfamily within the broad family Cydnidae.[7]
| Thyreocoridae | |
|---|---|
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| Alkindus atratus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Infraorder: | Pentatomomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Pentatomoidea |
| Family: | Thyreocoridae Amyot & Serville, 1843 |
| Subfamilies | |
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Thyreocorinae | |
Genera
There has been disagreement about how to treat subfamilies within the Thyreocoridae.[8]
- Alkindus Distant, 1889
- Amyssonotum Horváth, 1919
- Carrabas Distant, 1908
- Corimelaena White, 1839
- Cydnoides Malloch, 1919
- Eumetopia Westwood, 1838
- Galgupha Amyot & Serville, 1843
- Godmania Horváth, 1919
- Pericrepis Horváth, 1919
- Pruhleria McAtee & Malloch, 1933
- Strombosoma Amyot & Serville, 1843
- Thyreocoris Schrank, 1801
