Shield bug
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Shield bug and stink bug (or shieldbug and stinkbug) are common names applied to various insects of the Hemiptera order (the "true bugs"), in the Heteroptera suborder.
The superfamily Pentatomoidea consists of generally shield-shaped true bugs, with the following families:
- Acanthosomatidae
- Aphylidae
- Canopidae
- Cydnidae
- Dinidoridae
- Lestoniidae
- Megarididae
- Pentatomidae
- Phloeidae
- Plataspididae (Plataspidae)
- Scutelleridae
- Tessaratomidae
- Thaumastellidae
- Thyreocoridae (Corimelaenidae)
- Urostylididae (Urostylidae)
Other species that resemble shield bugs are found in the Coreidae family.
External links
- A shieldbug's life (http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/features/345feature1.shtml); a BBC article on British shield bugs, June 2004.
- Pentatomoidea Home page, North Dakota State University (http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/ndsu/rider/Pentatomoidea/)