The Corioxenidae are an insect family of the order

Strepsiptera The Strepsiptera are an order of insects with eleven extant families that include about 600 described species. They are endoparasites in other insects, such as bees, wasps, leafhoppers, silverfish, and cockroaches. Females of most species never ...

. Species in this family are parasites of heteropteran bugs including the

Pentatomidae Pentatomidae is a family of insects belonging to the order Hemiptera, generally called shield bugs or stink bugs. Pentatomidae is the largest family in the superfamily Pentatomoidea, and contains around 900 genera and over 4700 species.Robert G ...

Scutelleridae Scutelleridae is a family of true bugs. They are commonly known as jewel bugs or metallic shield bugs due to their often brilliant coloration. They are also known as shield-backed bugs due to the enlargement of the thoracic scutellum into a con ...

Cydnidae Cydnidae are a family of pentatomoid bugs, known by common names including burrowing bugs or burrower bugs. As the common name would suggest, many members of the group live a subterranean lifestyle, burrowing into soil using their head and forel ...

Coreidae Coreidae is a large family of predominantly sap-sucking insects in the Hemipteran suborder Heteroptera. The name "Coreidae" derives from the genus ''Coreus'', which derives from the Ancient Greek () meaning bedbug. As a family, the Coreidae ar ...

, and

Lygaeidae The Lygaeidae are a family in the Hemiptera (true bugs), with more than 110 genera in four subfamilies. The family is commonly referred to as seed bugs, and less commonly, milkweed bugs, or ground bugs. However, while many of the species feed on ...

. The males lack mandibles. Three subfamilies within this family are recognized. The subfamilies are separated using morphology of the males, particularly on the basis of the number of tarsi and the presence of tarsal claws. * Corioxeninae Kinzelbach, 1970 **'' Corioxenos'' Blair, 1936 **'' Floridoxenos'' Kathirithamby and Peck, 1994 **'' Loania'' Kinzelbach, 1970 **'' Perissozocera'' Johnson, 1976 **'' Australoxenos'' Kathirithamby, 1990 **'' Blissoxenos'' Miyamoto & Kifune, 1984 **'' Malayaxenos'' Kifune, 1981 **'' Mufagaa'' Kinzelbach, 1980 **'' Viridipromontorius'' Luna de Carvalho, 1985 * Triozocerinae Kinzelbach, 1970 **'' Triozocera'' Pierce, 1909 **'' Dundoxenos'' Luna de Carvalho, 1956 * Uniclavinae Kathirithamby, 1989 ** '' Uniclavus'' Kathirithamby, 1989 ** '' Proceroxenos'' Pohl, Katbeh-Bader & Schneider, 1996

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