Pentatomidae

Pentatomidae, Greek pente meaning five and tomos meaning section, is a family of stink bugs. There are about 4,700 species in the family.

Pentatomidae
Nezara viridula
Scientific classification
Unrecognized taxon (fix):	Pentatomidae
Subfamilies
Aphylinae Asopinae Cyrtocorinae Discocephalinae Edessinae Pentatominae Phyllocephalinae Podopinae Serbaninae Stirotarsinae

In agriculture, many stink bugs and shield bugs are considered pest insects, because they can damage crops, and are not easily killed by pesticides.

Pentatomidae Media

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  Picture of a Stink Bug (Thyanta pallidovirens) taken in Fremont, California USA.

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  Anatomy of the dorsal aspect of a shield bug. A: head; B: thorax; C: abdomen.

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  Acoloba lanceolata (Fabricius, 1803) - Hamerkop, Magaliesberg, South Africa

Other websites

• Pentatomidae Archived 2013-05-12 at the Wayback Machine