AMYOTEINAE
(predatory shieldbugs)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
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ID refs
Picromerus bidens
Spined Shieldbug, Spiked Shieldbug
Female (Click to open)
 		Species 7 images
Rhacognathus punctatus
Heather Bug, Heather Shieldbug
(Click to open)
 		Species 2 images
Troilus luridus
Bronze Shieldbug
Female (Click to open)
 		Species 7 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubfamilyAMYOTEINAE (predatory shieldbugs)
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)

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

BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 24 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for AMYOTEINAE (predatory shieldbugs)
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