Alydidae
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Alydidae, commonly known as broad headed bugs, is a family of true bugs very similar to Coreidae. The most notable characteristic of the family is that the head is broad, often similar in length and width to the pronotum. They frequently have sent glands that produce a stink considered to be worse than that of true stink bugs (Pentatomidae). The stink is said to smell similar to a bad case of halitosis.
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