- Coreoidea
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Leaf-footed bugs and allies 
Corizus hyoscyami of the Rhopalidae Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Class: Insecta Subclass: Pterygota Infraclass: Neoptera Superorder: Exopterygota Order: Hemiptera Suborder: Heteroptera Infraorder: Pentatomomorpha Superfamily: Coreoidea Families 5, see text
The leaf-footed bugs and allies make up the superfamily Coreoidea of the true bug infraorder Pentatomomorpha.
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
- 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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