> 60 genera Plataspidae (emended by some later authors as "Plataspididae", in violation of ICZN Code Article 29.5) are a family of shield bugs native to the Old World.

These bugs are phytophagous, polyphagous or oligophagous, mainly associated with the Fabaceae, but can also feed on plants of other families.

They harbor microorganisms in their digestive tract, specific to each host species, living in symbiosis with it.

Social behaviors have been observed in Libyaspis : the adults, well protected by their pronotum and their scutellum covering the entire abdomen, group together at the base of the branches in which the larvae develop, thus preventing the access of predatory ladybug larvae.

This family is of Old World origin only, found primarily in tropical and subtropical areas.