Leaf-footed bug
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Coreidae is a large family of predominantly sap-sucking insects in the Hemipteran suborder Heteroptera.The name "Coreidae" derives from the Ancient Greekκόριςmeaning bedbug. As a family, Coreidae members are cosmopolitan, but most of the species are tropical or subtropical.
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Crusader bug
| phylum | Arthropoda | Mictis profana (the Crusader bug) is a large species of leaf-footed bug in the family Coreidae. It is native to Australia and Oceania but has spread throughout Southeast Asia. It is recognizable by the light, cross-shaped marking on its back and the enlarged, flattened section (foliaceous expansion) on its hind legs.
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| Class | Insecta | |
| order | Hemiptera | |
| family | Coreidae | |
| subfamily | Coreinae | |
| genus | Mictis | |
| species | M. profana |
