PENTATOMINAE
(a subfamily of phytophagous shield bugs)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Aelia
bishop’s mitre bugs
Male (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 6 images
Dolycoris
a genus of shieldbugs
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 50 images
Eurydema
a genus of shieldbugs
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 4 images
Palomena
a genus of shieldbugs
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 49 images
Pentatoma rufipes
Forest Bug, Red-legged Shield Bug
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 		Species 43 images
Piezodorus lituratus
Gorse Shieldbug
Male (Click to open) (Click to open) (Click to open)
 		Species 32 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubfamilyPENTATOMINAE (a subfamily of phytophagous shield bugs)
FamilyPENTATOMIDAE (a family of shieldbugs)
SuperfamilyPENTATOMOIDEA (shieldbugs)
InfraorderPentatomomorpha (an infraorder of bugs)
SuborderHETEROPTERA (true bugs)
OrderHEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

PENTATOMINAE (a subfamily of phytophagous shield bugs) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for PENTATOMINAE (a subfamily of phytophagous shield bugs)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 69 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for PENTATOMINAE (a subfamily of phytophagous shield bugs)
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