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Burrowing Bugs
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Burrowing Bugs

Cydnidae

Cydnidae are a family of shield bugs, known by common names including burrowing bugs or burrower bugs. In some classifications, Cydnidae, sensu lato includes the subfamily Thyreocorinae (now part of the "Corimelaenidae"), which are known commonly as negro bugs or ebony bugs, and/or the families Thaumastellidae and Parastrachiidae. Though similar in appearance to a beetle at casual glance, they can be distinguished by both their piercing/sucking mouthparts, and wing configuration (beetle elytra are split directly down...

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5 branches of this family, most-observed first

Cydninae

subfamilyCydninae

Amnestinae

subfamilyAmnestinae

Cephalocteinae

subfamilyCephalocteinae

Amaurocorinae

subfamilyAmaurocorinae

Garsauriinae

subfamilyGarsauriinae

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 57843.