Family Alydidae
(broad-headed bugs)

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Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.

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  Kingdom Animalia (animals)
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  Eumetazoa (metazoans)
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  Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
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  Protostomia (protostomes)
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  Ecdysozoa
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  Phylum Arthropoda (crustaceans, insects, spiders, and relatives)
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  Uniramia
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  Subphylum Hexapoda
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  Class Insecta (insects)
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  Subclass Pterygota (winged insects)
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  Superorder Neoptera
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  Order Hemiptera (true bugs)
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  Heteroptera (true bugs)
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  Family Alydidae (broad-headed bugs)
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  Genus Alydus
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  Genus Burtinus
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  Genus Cydamus
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  Genus Darmistus
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  Genus Esperanza
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  Genus Hyalymenus
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  Genus Megalotomus
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  Genus Protenor
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  Genus Rimadarmistus
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  Genus Stachyocnemus
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  Genus Stenocoris
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  Genus Tollius