Thyreocoridae
Sign in to saveThe Thyreocoridae are a family of shield bugs, known by common names 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.
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The Thyreocoridae are a family of shield bugs, known by common names 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.
==Genera== There has been disagreement about how to treat subfamilies within the Thyreocoridae. 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