| Corimelaeninae | |
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| Corimelaena pulicaria | |
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| Subfamily: | Corimelaeninae Uhler, 1872 |
Corimelaeninae is 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]