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Home of the Database of Insects and their Food Plants © Roger Key Family   Coreidae Sub Family   Description   squashbugs Background to Family   Mainly fruit or seed feeders, overwintering as adults. Individual species of the two sub-families, Coreinae and Pseudophloeinae, generally choose hosts within single plant families (Fabaceae, Caryophyllaceae, Asteraceae, Polygonaceae). However, adults may feed on the seeds of numerous plants away from the normal host. Although named after certain pests of squash in North America, there are no pests in Great Britain; in fact, many species are uncommon, and associated with warm, dry habitats. The rare Gonocerus acuteangulatus was confined to box (Buxus) in Britain, but has since been found on a wider range of woody hosts- as is the case in continental Europe.     No. taxa in DBIF   10 No. interactions   54 % interactions with British data   72% No. records   57 % taxa with British data   90% Notes   Data currently unassessed by a specialist for changes in nomenclature, new species to the British list, new interactions, errors in original sources, and misspellings.; ; Notes on Sources   Most recent source   1983 Below is a list of all sources for this family / sub-family contained within DBIF. Click on source name for a list of all records for this source.   Source   Thomas, D.C.(1955) Entomologist 88 33-36:33 Source   Schaefer, C.W. & Mitchell, P.L.(1983) Ann. ent. Soc. Am. 76 591-615:602 Source   Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D. (1959) Land and water bugs of the British Isles 1-436:63 Source   Thomas, D.C.(1955) Entomologist 88 33-36:34 Source   Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D. (1959) Land and water bugs of the British Isles 1-436:62 Source   Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D. (1959) Land and water bugs of the British Isles 1-436:64 Source   Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D. (1959) Land and water bugs of the British Isles 1-436:58 Source   Schaefer, C.W. & Mitchell, P.L.(1983) Ann. ent. Soc. Am. 76 591-615:603 Source   Schaefer, C.W. & Mitchell, P.L.(1983) Ann. ent. Soc. Am. 76 591-615:596 Source   Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D. (1959) Land and water bugs of the British Isles 1-436:59 Source   Woodroffe, G.E.(1959) Entomologist 92 6-13:11 Source   Woodroffe, G.E.(1963) Entomologist's mon. Mag. 99 166-166:166 Source   Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D. (1959) Land and water bugs of the British Isles 1-436:61 Source   Schaefer, C.W. & Mitchell, P.L.(1983) Ann. ent. Soc. Am. 76 591-615:600