The Cimicomorpha are an

infraorder Order ( la, ordo) is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between family and class. In biological classification, the order is a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms and ...

insect Insects (from Latin ') are pancrustacean hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta. They are the largest group within the arthropod phylum. Insects have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body ( head, thorax and abdomen), three ...

s in the order Hemiptera, the true bugs. The

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and other

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of all members apparently is adapted to feeding on animals as their

prey Predation is a biological interaction where one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey. It is one of a family of common feeding behaviours that includes parasitism and micropredation (which usually do not kill ...

host A host is a person responsible for guests at an event or for providing hospitality during it. Host may also refer to: Places * Host, Pennsylvania, a village in Berks County People *Jim Host (born 1937), American businessman * Michel Host ...

s. Members include bed bugs,

bat bug Bat bugs are blood-sucking insect parasites that feed primarily on the blood of bats. The name has been applied to members of the family '' Cimicidae'' (e.g. ''Cimex lectularius'', '' Afrocimex constrictus'') and also to members of the family '' ...

assassin bug The Reduviidae are a large cosmopolitan family of the order Hemiptera (true bugs). Among the Hemiptera and together with the Nabidae almost all species are terrestrial ambush predators: most other predatory Hemiptera are aquatic. The main example ...

s, and pirate bugs. The two infraorders Cimicomorpha and Pentatomorpha have very similar characteristics, possibly as a result of the evolution of plant feeding. The key similarity that unites the Cimicomorpha and Pentatomorpha is the loss of the arolia (adhesive pads) on the pretarsi of the insects. These two infraorders comprise 90% of Heteroptera species. These insects are a part of the old, informal classification of “Geocorisae” (land bugs). Among these bugs, parental care has evolved several times. Parental care varies from brooding of the eggs by the female, to a more active form that involves protection of young against predators and the female covering the nymphs under her body.

Superfamilies and families

''BioLib'' includes:BioLib.cz: infraorder Cimicomorpha Latreille, 1802
(retrieved 28 August 2020) ;superfamily Cimicoidea Latreille, 1802 *

Anthocoridae Anthocoridae is a family of bugs, commonly called minute pirate bugs or flower bugs. Worldwide there are 500-600 species. Description Anthocoridae are 1.5–5 mm long and have soft, elongated oval, flat bodies, often patterned in black an ...

Fieber, 1837 – flower bugs, pirate bugs *

Cimicidae The Cimicidae are a family of small parasitic bugs that feed exclusively on the blood of warm-blooded animals. They are called cimicids or, loosely, bed bugs, though the latter term properly refers to the most famous member of the family, ''C ...

Latreille, 1802 – bedbugs *

Nabidae The insect family Nabidae contains the damsel bugs. There are over 500 species in 20 genera. They are soft-bodied, elongate, winged terrestrial predators. Many damsel bugs catch and hold prey with their forelegs, similar to mantids. They are c ...

A. Costa, 1853 – damsel bugs * Curaliidae Schuh, Weirauch & Henry, 2008 *

Lasiochilidae Lasiochilinae is a subfamily of bugs, in the family Anthocoridae; some authorities place this at family level: "Lasiochilidae". Tribe and genera ''BioLib'' includes: ;tribe Lasiochilini Carayon, 1972 # '' Lasiochilus'' Reuter, 1871 # '' Plochio ...

Lyctocoridae Lyctocoridae is a reconstituted family of bugs, formerly classified within the minute pirate bugs of the family Anthocoridae. It is widely distributed, with one species ('' Lyctocoris campestris''), being cosmopolitan. Description Lyctocorida ...

Reuter, 1884 * Plokiophilidae China, 1953 *

Polyctenidae The Polyctenidae are a rarely collected family of parasitic bugs of the superfamily Cimicoidea. Polyctenidae species or bat bugs are obligate, hematophagous ectoparasites of bats. These insects are not to be confused with cimicid bat bugs, wh ...

Westwood, 1874 – Old World bat bugs ;superfamily Miroidea Hahn, 1833 *

Microphysidae The Microphysidae are a very small family of bugs, comprising only 5 extant genera. Systematics Until recently, many authors considered these bugs to belong within the family Anthocoridae. The following genera belong to this family: Subfamil ...

Dohrn, 1859 *

Miridae The Miridae are a large and diverse insect family at one time known by the taxonomic synonym Capsidae. Species in the family may be referred to as capsid bugs or "mirid bugs". Common names include plant bugs, leaf bugs, and grass bugs. It is th ...

Hahn, 1833 – plant bugs * Ebboidae Perrichot et al., 2006 ;superfamily Reduvioidea Latreille, 1807 *

Reduviidae The Reduviidae are a large cosmopolitan family of the order Hemiptera (true bugs). Among the Hemiptera and together with the Nabidae almost all species are terrestrial ambush predators: most other predatory Hemiptera are aquatic. The main exampl ...

Latreille, 1807 – assassin and thread-legged bugs * Ceresopseidae Becker-Migdisova, 1958 * Pachynomidae Stål, 1873 * Palaeotanyrhinidae Poinar, Brown & Kóbor, 2022† ;superfamily

Tingoidea Miroidea is a superfamily of true bugs in the order Hemiptera. There are about 7 families and more than 15,000 described species in Miroidea. Families These seven families belong to the superfamily Miroidea: * Microphysidae Dohrn, 1859 * Mir ...

Laporte, 1832 *

Tingidae The Tingidae are a family of very small () insects in the order Hemiptera that are commonly referred to as lace bugs. This group is distributed worldwide with about 2,000 described species. They are called lace bugs because the pronotum and f ...

Laporte, 1832 – lace bugs * Hispanocaderidae Golub & Popov, 2012 † * Ignotingidae Zhang, Golub, Popov & Shcherbakov, 2005 † ;superfamily Joppeicoidea Reuter, 1910 * Joppeicidae Reuter, 1910 ;superfamily Thaumastocoroidea Kirkaldy, 1908 * Thaumastocoridae Kirkaldy, 1908 – royal palm bugs

incertae sedis ' () or ''problematica'' is a term used for a taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. Alternatively, such groups are frequently referred to as "enigmatic taxa". In the system of open nomenclature, uncertain ...
and other fossil taxa

* Velocipedidae Bergroth, 1891 * Vetanthocoridae Yao et al., 2006 † * Torirostratidae Yao, Cai, Shih & Engel 2014 † * genus ''Sternocoris'' Popov, 1986 †

References

External links

True Bugs.
Planetary Biodiversity Inventory. {{Taxonbar, from=Q135338 Heteroptera Insect infraorders

Superfamilies and families

incertae sedis ' () or ''problematica'' is a term used for a taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. Alternatively, such groups are frequently referred to as "enigmatic taxa". In the system of open nomenclature, uncertain ... and other fossil taxa

References

External links

incertae sedis ' () or ''problematica'' is a term used for a taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. Alternatively, such groups are frequently referred to as "enigmatic taxa". In the system of open nomenclature, uncertain ...
and other fossil taxa