The Thyreocoridae are a family of
shield bug
Pentatomidae is a family of insects belonging to the order Hemiptera, generally called shield bugs or stink bugs. Pentatomidae is the largest family in the superfamily Pentatomoidea, and contains around 900 genera and over 4700 species.Robert ...
s, known by
common name
In biology, a common name of a taxon or organism (also known as a vernacular name, English name, colloquial name, country name, popular name, or farmer's name) is a name that is based on the normal language of everyday life; and is often con ...
s that include negro bugs or ebony bugs. Historically, a few authors have called this family "Corimelaenidae" (e.g.), but the name Thyreocoridae, published in 1843, has nomenclatural priority over Corimelaenidae, published in 1872. Other classifications have placed them as a subfamily within the broad family
Cydnidae
Cydnidae are a family of pentatomoid bugs, known by common names including burrowing bugs or burrower bugs. As the common name would suggest, many members of the group live a subterranean lifestyle, burrowing into soil using their head and forel ...
.
Genera
There has been disagreement about how to treat subfamilies within the Thyreocoridae.
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Alkindus''
Distant, 1889
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Amyssonotum''
Horváth, 1919
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Carrabas''
Distant, 1908
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Corimelaena''
White, 1839
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Cydnoides''
Malloch, 1919
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Eumetopia''
Westwood, 1838
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Galgupha''
Amyot & Serville, 1843
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Godmania''
Horváth, 1919
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Pericrepis''
Horváth, 1919
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Pruhleria''
McAtee & Malloch, 1933
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Strombosoma''
Amyot & Serville, 1843
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Thyreocoris''
Schrank, 1801
References
Shield bugs
Heteroptera families
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