Coreidae

Coreidae
Temporal range: Cretaceous–Recent
Anoplocnemis curvipes with typical enlarged hind femora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Superfamily: Coreoidea
Family: Coreidae
Leach, 1815
Subfamilies
A female leaf-footed bug, family Coreidae and tribe Acanthocephalini, deposits an egg before flying off.

Coreidae is a large family of predominantly sap-sucking insects in the Hemipteran suborder Heteroptera.[1] The name "Coreidae" derives from the genus Coreus, which derives from the Ancient Greek κόρις (kóris) meaning bedbug.[2]

As a family, the Coreidae are cosmopolitan, but most of the species are tropical or subtropical.

  1. ^ Gordh G, Headrick, DH (2000). A Dictionary of Entomology. CABI Publishing.
  2. ^ "Corèidi in Vocabolario - Treccani".