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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 of 7 total.
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]
Mattiphus is a genus of Asian shield bugs in the family Tessaratomidae and tribe Tessaratomini, erected by Charles Jean-Baptiste Amyot and Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville in 1843. [1] Species have been recorded from China, Indochina and Malesia including the Philippines. [ 2 ]
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Megymenum is a genus of Asian and Australian shield bugs in the family Dinidoridae and typical of the subfamily Megymeninae. It was erected by Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville in 1831 [ 2 ] and species have been recorded from India through to Japan, Indochina , Malesia , New Guinea and Australia.
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.