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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Pentatomoidea » Stink Bugs (Pentatomidae) » Pentatominae

Subfamily Pentatominae

Classification · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
Stink Bug - Brochymena affinis green stink bug with blue legs and red feet - Thyanta custator Need ID for this colorful, spikey bug - Halyomorpha halys Pentatomidae - Cosmopepla uhleri Brown Marmorated Stink Bug - Halyomorpha halys Sciocoris microphthalmus in New Brunswick - Sciocoris microphthalmus Hemiptera. Pentatomidae. - Euschistus Pennsylvania True Bug for ID - Banasa
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
Superfamily Pentatomoidea
Family Pentatomidae (Stink Bugs)
Subfamily Pentatominae
Numbers
by far the largest pentatomid subfamily, with >160 spp. in ~40 genera in our area (14 tribes represented)(1); >3,300 spp. in ca. 620 genera of 42 tribes worldwide(2)
Range
worldwide
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
2.Rider D. (2006-) Pentatomoidea home page
Contributed by John R. Maxwell on 4 January, 2009 - 3:02pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, v belov, Harsi S. Parker
Last updated 16 April, 2011 - 11:10am

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