Coreidae
/kəˈriːɪdiː/noun
A family of true bugs, commonly called leaf-footed bugs or squash bugs, in the order Hemiptera.
Did you know?The family name is built from the Greek κόρις (kóris), meaning “bedbug,” even though many Coreidae species are plant-feeding leaf-footed bugs rather than household bedbugs.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
Greek
κόρις (kóris)
“Bedbug or bug”
18th Century
New Latin
Coreus
“A taxonomic genus name formed from Greek kóris”
1794
New Latin
Coreus
“Genus established by Johan Christian Fabricius for leaf-footed bugs”
19th Century
New Latin
Coreidae
“Family name formed from Coreus plus the zoological suffix -idae, meaning a family”
Modern English
English
Coreidae
“The family of leaf-footed and squash bugs”