| Thyreocoridae | |
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| Alkindus atratus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Infraorder: | Pentatomomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Pentatomoidea |
| Family: | Thyreocoridae Amyot & Serville, 1843 |
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Thyreocorinae | |
The Thyreocoridae are a family of shield bugs, known by common names that include negro bugsorebony bugs.[1] Historically, a few authors have called this family "Corimelaenidae" (e.g.[2][3]), but the name Thyreocoridae, published in 1843, has nomenclatural priority over Corimelaenidae, published in 1872.[4][5][6] Other classifications have placed them as a subfamily within the broad family Cydnidae.[7]
There has been disagreement about how to treat subfamilies within the Thyreocoridae.[8]
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