What is "coreidae"

Coreidae \Coreidae\ n. a natural family containing the squash bugs and leaf-footed bugs.

Syn: family Coreidae.

The Coreidae are a large family of predominantly sap-sucking insects in the Hemipteran suborder Heteroptera. The name "Coreidae" derives from the Ancient Greek κόρις meaning bedbug.

As a family, the Coreidae are cosmopolitan, but most of the species are tropical or subtropical.