The Corimelaeninae are a subfamily of
shield bugs within the family
Thyreocoridae. It has often been treated as a family (e.g.[1][2]), but the name Thyreocoridae, published in 1843, has nomenclatural priority over Corimelaenidae, published in 1872.[3][4][5]
^Forero, Dimitri (2008).
"The Systematics of the Hemiptera"(PDF). Revista Colombiana de Entomologia. 34 (1): 1–21, page 11.
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^Antônio R. Panizzi, Jocélia Grazia (2015) True Bugs (Heteroptera) of the Neotropics
^Lis, Jerzy (2006) Thyreocoridae Amyot & Serville, 1843 – negro-bugs pp.148-149 In: Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region. Volume 5. Pentatomomorpha II, Chapter: Thyreocoridae Amyot & Serville, 1843 – negro-bugs, Publisher: The Netherlands Entomological Society, Wageningen, Editors: Aukema B., Rieger Ch. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.3195.9127
^David A. Rider, Cristiano Feldens Schwertner, Jitka Vilímová, Dávid Rédei, Petr Kment, Donald B. Thomas (2018) Higher Systematics of the Pentatomoidea. Chapter 2.2.18 in: Invasive Stink Bugs and Related Species (Pentatomoidea): Biology, Higher Systematics, Semiochemistry, and Management. J.E. McPherson, Ed. CRC Press DOI:10.1201/9781315371221-2