Reduviidae

A family (order Hemiptera) of predatory insects, the assassin bugs, which attack animals and humans. It includes the subfamily Triatominae, the kissing or cone-nosed bugs, whose type genus Triatoma includes species that are vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi.

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Red·u·vi·idae .rej-ə-'vī-ə-.dē n pl a very large and widely distributed family of bloodsucking hemipterous insects comprising the assassin bugs, having a short 3-jointed proboscis that is curved back under the head when at rest, and including vectors of Chagas' disease belonging to the genera Rhodnius and Triatoma

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Re·du·vi·i·dae (re″du-viґĭ-de) a family of winged hemipterous insects of the suborder Heteroptera, including various biting species called cone-nose bugs, kissing bugs, and assassin bugs. Many have painful bites, and some species transmit Chagas disease. Genera include Eratyrus, Eutriatoma, Melanolestes, Panstrongylus, Reduvius (type genus), Rhodnius, and Triatoma.