Coreoidea
| Coreoidea | |
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| Corizus hyoscyami of the Rhopalidae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Infraorder: | Pentatomomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Coreoidea |
| Families | |
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5, see text | |
Coreoidea is a superfamily of true bugs in the infraorder Pentatomomorpha which includes leaf-footed bugs and allies.
There are 5 families presently recognized, but the Coreoidea as a whole are part of a close-knit group with the Lygaeoidea and Pyrrhocoroidea and it is likely that these three superfamilies are paraphyletic to a significant extent; they are therefore in need of revision and redelimitation.[1]
The families are:
- Alydidae – broad-headed bugs
- Coreidae – leaf-footed bugs and squash bugs
- Hyocephalidae
- Rhopalidae – scentless plant bugs
- Stenocephalidae
Footnotes
- ^ ToL (1995, 2005)
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Coreoidea.
- Tree of Life Web Project (ToL) (1995): Pentatomomorpha. Flat bugs, stink bugs, seed bugs, leaf-footed bugs, scentless plant bugs, etc.. Version of 1995-JAN-01. Retrieved 2008-JUL-28.
- Tree of Life Web Project (ToL) (2005): Coreoidea. Broad-headed bugs, leaf-footed bugs, scentless plant bugs, etc.. Version of 2005-JUN-21. Retrieved 2008-JUL-28.
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