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Infraorder Pentatomomorpha

burrowing bug - Sehirus cinctus Plant Bug - Ochrimnus mimulus Hyalymenus Tarsatus / ant mimic Seed bug? - Ochrostomus uhleri BG3123 E9757h - Acanthocephala terminalis Leptoglossus zonatus Stinkbug immature - Chinavia hilaris Colorful assassin? - Leptoglossus gonagra
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Infraorder Pentatomomorpha
Numbers
worldwide, >16,200 spp. in >2620 genera of 42 families, arranged into 5 superfamilies(1)
Range
worldwide(1)
Food
mostly herbivores, incl. seed- and root-feeders; some are predators (Geocoridae, Asopinae, some exotic Pyrrhocoridae; some Berytidae zoophagous); members of one exotic tribe of the Rhyparochromidae are hematophagous(1)
Works Cited
1.Biodiversity of the Heteroptera
Henry T.J. 2009. In: Foottit R.G., Adler P.H., eds. Insect biodiversity: Science and society. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell: 223-263.
Contributed by v belov on 13 November, 2013 - 3:55pm

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