superfamily

Stink Bugs, Shield Bugs, and Allies

Pentatomoidea

Field notes

The Pentatomoidea are a superfamily of insects in the suborder Heteroptera of the order Hemiptera. As hemipterans, they possess a common arrangement of sucking mouthparts. The roughly 7000 species under Pentatomoidea are divided into 21 families (16 extant and 5 extinct). Among these are the stink bugs and shield bugs, jewel bugs, giant shield bugs, and burrower bugs.

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Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Most observed native stink bugs, shield bugs, and allies All

Native to the US, by observations.

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