PENTATOMIDAE
(a family of shieldbugs)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
AMYOTEINAE
predatory shieldbugs
Female (Click to open)
 		Subfamily 3 subtaxa 16 images
Eysarcoris
a genus of bugs
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 9 images
Halyomorpha halys
(Brown Marmorated Stink Bug)
Species 1 ident. refs
PENTATOMINAE
a subfamily of phytophagous shield bugs
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 		Subfamily 6 subtaxa 184 images
PODOPINAE
a subfamily of turtle bugs
Male (Click to open)
 		Subfamily 1 subtaxa 4 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Duke, C. UKshieldbugs
Nau, B.S. 1985 Identification of some species of mirids and shield-bugs while immature Het News No 5: 3-5.
Southampton Natural History Society 2007 Shieldbugs of Southampton http://sotonnhs.org/publications.asp

Adults And Nymphs

() Wood, A. Shieldbug life-stages page on the British Bugs website www.britishbugs.org.uk/heteroptera/idcards/life_stages.html

Regional Guides

() Hawkins, R.D. 2003 Shieldbugs of Surrey Surrey Wildlife Atlas Project, 192pp, Surrey Wildlife Trust

PENTATOMIDAE (a family of shieldbugs) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for PENTATOMIDAE (a family of shieldbugs)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 110 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for PENTATOMIDAE (a family of shieldbugs)
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