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Stink Bugs, Shield Bugs, and Allies
Pentatomoidea
The Pentatomoidea comprise 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.
17 branches of this superfamily, most-observed first
Stink Bugs
familyPentatomidae
Jewel Bugs
familyScutelleridae
Shield Bugs
familyAcanthosomatidae
Burrowing Bugs
familyCydnidae
Tessaratomid Bugs
familyTessaratomidae
Sehiridae
familySehiridae
Plataspidae
familyPlataspidae
Ebony Bugs
familyThyreocoridae
Dinidorid Bugs
familyDinidoridae
Urostylididae
familyUrostylididae
Phloeidae
familyPhloeidae
Cyrtocoridae
familyCyrtocoridae
Canopidae
familyCanopidae
Lestoniidae
familyLestoniidae
Saileriolidae
familySaileriolidae
Megarididae
familyMegarididae
Thaumastellidae
familyThaumastellidae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47743.