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Cimicoidea
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Cimicoidea

Cimicoidea is the name of a superfamily of insects belonging to the infraorder Cimicomorpha that have a mandible modified as a straw-like rostrum used for feeding on animals as their host or prey.

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7 branches of this superfamily, most-observed first

Minute pirate bugs

familyAnthocoridae

Bed Bugs

familyCimicidae

Lyctocorid Pirate Bugs

familyLyctocoridae

Lasiochilid Pirate Bugs

familyLasiochilidae

Polyctenid Bat Bugs

familyPolyctenidae

Plokiophilidae

familyPlokiophilidae

Medocostidae

familyMedocostidae

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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 53668.