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Pentatomoidea Leach 1815

Shield bugs, Chust bugs, and Stink bugs

Home > Insects > Hemiptera > Pentatomoidea
Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Superfamily: Pentatomoidea

Pentatomoidea is a superfamily of insects in the Heteroptera suborder of the Hemiptera order and, as such, share a common arrangement of sucking mouthparts. They are commonly referred to as shield bugs, chust bugs, and stink bugs. There are about 7000 species under Pentatomoidea, divided under 14 to 15 families. Wikipedia.

Families: Cydnidae, Dinidoridae, Pentatomidae, Plataspidae, Scutelleridae, Tessaratomidae, Urostylididae
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Cydnidae
 Burrowing Bugs​ 

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Dinidoridae
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Pentatomidae
 Stink Bugs or Shield Bugs​ 

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Plataspidae
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Scutelleridae
 Jewel Bugs or Metallic Shield Bugs​ 

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Tessaratomidae
 Tessaratomids​ 

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Urostylididae
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Please note that individual species identifications do not necessarily represent the opinion of all contributors.

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