PENTATOMOIDEA
(shieldbugs)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
images
No of
ID refs
Female (Click to open)
Family 4 subtaxa 78 images 5 ident. refs
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Family 5 subtaxa 26 images 8 ident. refs
Male (Click to open)
Family 12 subtaxa 213 images 6 ident. refs
Family 1 subtaxa 7 images 3 ident. refs
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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