Kingdom Animalia Suborder Heteroptera Superfamily Pentatomoidea Rank Family | Class Insecta Infraorder Pentatomomorpha Phylum Arthropoda Order True bugs | |
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Subfamily Thyreocorinae
Amyot & Serville, 1843 Similar True bugs, Cydnidae, Acanthosomatidae, Plataspidae, Berytidae | ||
The Thyreocorinae (formerly Thyreocoridae at the family level) are a subfamily of shield bugs, known by common names that include negro bugs or ebony bugs. Some classifications placed them as a subfamily within the broad family Cydnidae; however, Cydnidae now has a more restricted formulation, and the Thyreocorinae are now placed within the Corimelaenidae. They were formerly recognized at the family level as Thyreocoridae by the classifications of Henry & Froeschner and Rider.
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Genera
There has been disagreement about which genera belong in the Thyreocorinae/Thyreocoridae.
Generally accepted
Sometimes excluded
References
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