Pentatomoidea

Pentatomoidea
Temporal range:
Male Acanthosoma labiduroides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Infraorder: Pentatomomorpha
Superfamily: Pentatomoidea
Leach 1815
Families

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The Pentatomoidea are a superfamily of insects in the suborder Heteroptera of the order Hemiptera. As hemipterans, they possess a common arrangement of sucking mouthparts.[1] The roughly 7000 species under Pentatomoidea are divided into 21 families (16 extant and 5 extinct).[2][3] Among these are the stink bugs and shield bugs, jewel bugs, giant shield bugs, and burrower bugs.[4]

  1. ^ "Hemiptera: bugs, aphids and cicadas". CSIRO. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Gillott1995 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ G. Cassis; Gordon F. Gross (2002). Zoological catalogue of Australia: Hemiptera: Heteroptera (Pentatomomorpha). Csiro Publishing. p. 353. ISBN 978-0-643-06875-9.
  4. ^ Capinera, John L. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology (2nd ed.). Heidelberg: Springer Science & Business Media. p. 608. ISBN 978-1-4020-6242-1.

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