Parastrachiidae is a family of true bugs belonging to the ordo
Hemiptera.
It had been considered to be a
subfamily under family
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 ...
, but it was raised to family status in 2002.
Genera
* ''
Dismegistus''
Amyot & Serville, 1843
* ''
Parastrachia''
Distant, 1883
References
*
Shield bugs
Heteroptera families
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