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2. Pentatomidae - Wikipedia

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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.

3. Acanthosomatidae - Wikipedia

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   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.

4. Pentatomoidea - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

5. Brown marmorated stink bug - Wikipedia

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   The brown marmorated stink bug is a sucking insect (like all Hemiptera or "true bugs") that uses its proboscis to pierce the host plant to feed. This feeding results, in part, in the formation of dimpled or necrotic areas on the outer surface of fruits, leaf stippling, seed loss, and possible transmission of plant pathogens .

6. Scutelleridae - Wikipedia

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   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]

7. Tessaratomidae - Wikipedia

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   Tessaratomidae is classified under order Hemiptera (true bugs), suborder Heteroptera, infraorder Pentatomomorpha, and superfamily Pentatomoidea (shield bugs and stink bugs). It is currently divided into three subfamilies : Natalicolinae (with 8 genera), Oncomerinae (with 15 genera), and Tessaratominae (with 33 genera and one of uncertain ...

8. Megacopta cribraria - Wikipedia

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   Megacopta cribraria, also called the bean plataspid, kudzu bug, globular stink bug and lablab bug, is a shield bug native to India and China, where it is an agricultural pest of lablab beans and other legumes. [2] The bug, while harmless to houseplants and people, often enters houses.

9. Troilus luridus - Wikipedia

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   Troilus luridus, also known as the bronze shieldbug, is a species of shield bug found in Europe. It was first described by the Danish zoologist Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. Shieldbugs are generally phytophagous (i.e., feeding on plant sap) and some, including Troilus luridus , are also carnivorous and will eat the larvae of beetles ...