PENTATOMOIDEA
(shieldbugs)

PENTATOMOIDEA (shieldbugs) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

PENTATOMOIDEA (shieldbugs) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
interactions
No of
references
Family 5 subtaxa 28 trophisms 9 references
Family 8 subtaxa 36 trophisms 9 references
Family 20 subtaxa 110 trophisms 13 references
Family 4 subtaxa 21 trophisms 4 references
Family 1 references
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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for PENTATOMOIDEA (shieldbugs)

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

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource

Pathology

Javahery, M. 1967 The biology of some Pentatomoidea and their egg-parasites 475pp

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to PENTATOMOIDEA (shieldbugs):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 324 images of PENTATOMOIDEA (shieldbugs)
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