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Pentatomidae is a family of insects belonging to the order Hemiptera, generally called shield bugs or stink bugs. Pentatomidae is the largest family in the superfamily Pentatomoidea , and contains around 900 genera and over 4700 species.
They are round plant-feeding bugs. It has about 59 genera and 560 species. [16] Saileriolidae – only recently removed from inclusion within Urostylididae. Scutelleridae – known as jewel bugs or shield-backed bugs. Composed of 81 genera and about 450 species. Tessaratomidae – known as giant shield bugs because they are usually relatively ...
Shield bugs or stink bugs are insects of the order Hemiptera, and the superfamily Pentatomoidea. Subcategories. This category has the following 7 subcategories, out ...
Carpocoris purpureipennis – black-shouldered shield bug; Dolycoris baccarum – sloe bug or hairy shield bug; Eysarcoris aeneus – New Forest shield bug; Eysarcoris venustissimus syn. Eysarcoris fabricii – woundwort shield bug; Peribalus strictus syn. Holcostethus vernalis – vernal shield bug; Neottiglossa pusilla – small grass shield bug
Oncacontias vittatus Rhopalimorpha lineolaris juvenile, last instar. Acanthosomatidae is a family of Hemiptera, commonly named "shield bugs" and sometimes "stink bugs".Kumar in his 1974 world revision recognized 47 genera; [1] now this number is 55 genera, with about 200 species, and it is one of the least diverse families within Pentatomoidea.
7.2.3 Family Scutelleridae (jewel bugs or metallic shield bugs) 7.2.4 Family Pentatomidae (stink bugs) 7.3 Superfamily Coreoidea. 7.3.1 Family Alydidae (broad-headed ...
Scutelleridae is a family of true bugs.They are commonly known as jewel (stink) bugs or metallic shield bugs due to their often brilliant coloration. With the name based on the Asian genus Scutellera, they are also known as shield-backed bugs due to the enlargement of the thoracic scutellum into a continuous shield over the abdomen and wings. [1]
Eurydema oleracea is a species of shield bug in the family Pentatomidae and is commonly known as the rape bug, the crucifer shield bug, the cabbage bug or the brassica bug. [1] Its specific name oleracea means "related to vegetables/herbs" in Latin and is a form of holeraceus (oleraceus). [2] [3]