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Tribe Strachiini

Harlequin Bug - Murgantia histrionica Pentatominae? - Murgantia histrionica Harlequin Bug, side view - Murgantia histrionica Harlequin Bug -  - Murgantia histrionica Beetle - Murgantia histrionica Bagrada Bug in North Central Texas - Bagrada hilaris Murgantia histrionica ID Request - Murgantia histrionica
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
Tribe Strachiini
Explanation of Names
Strachiini Mulsant & Rey 1866
Numbers
5 spp. (of which 2 adventive) in 2 genera in our area; ~130 spp. in 19 genera worldwide(1)
Range
more diverse in the Old World, but with several western hemisphere genera(2)
Food
hosts: Brassicaceae(2)