PENTATOMOIDEA
(shieldbugs)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
ACANTHOSOMATIDAE
a family of phytophagous shieldbugs
Female (Click to open)
 		Family 4 subtaxa 78 images 5 ident. refs
CYDNIDAE
a family of shieldbugs
(Click to open)
 		Family 5 subtaxa 26 images 8 ident. refs
PENTATOMIDAE
a family of shieldbugs
Male (Click to open)
 		Family 12 subtaxa 213 images 6 ident. refs
SCUTELLERIDAE
a family of shieldbugs
Family 1 subtaxa 7 images 3 ident. refs
Eurygaster
a genus of shieldbugs
Male (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 7 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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)

PENTATOMOIDEA (shieldbugs) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for PENTATOMOIDEA (shieldbugs)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 195 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for PENTATOMOIDEA (shieldbugs)
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