CIMICIDAE Latreille, 1802: 240 ("Cimicides" sensu lato). Type genus: Cimex Linnaeus, 1758.
ACANTHIIDAE Latreille, 1807: 135 (Acanthilles) (part.; followed by a number of later authors). Type genus: Acanthia Fabricius, 1775 (= Cimex Linnaeus, 1758) (see Opinion 81/1924: 19).
CLINOCORIDAE Kirkaldy, 1906a: 147. Type genus: Clinocoris Fallén, 1829 (= Cimex Linnaeus, 1758) (see Opinion 81/1924: 19).