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Pentatominae
Pentatominae is a subfamily of Pentatomidae, a family of shield bugs. This subfamily is the largest one within the Pentatomidae, having 4937 species classified in 938 genera. Species in this subfamily are phytophages and several of them are considered agricultural pests. Some invasive pentatomines such as Halyomorpha halys and Bagrada hilaris have been considered household pests. Higher systematics of the group have been revised by Rider et al.
60 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first

Nezarini
tribeNezarini

Carpocorini
tribeCarpocorini

Cappaeini
tribeCappaeini

Pentatomini
tribePentatomini

Halyini
tribeHalyini

Strachiini
tribeStrachiini

Eysarcorini
tribeEysarcorini

Aeliini
tribeAeliini

Chlorocorini
tribeChlorocorini

Antestiini
tribeAntestiini

Piezodorini
tribePiezodorini

Sciocorini
tribeSciocorini

Rhynchocorini
tribeRhynchocorini

Agonoscelidini
tribeAgonoscelidini

Mecideini
tribeMecideini

Catacanthini
tribeCatacanthini

Diemeniini
tribeDiemeniini

Menidini
tribeMenidini

Procleticini
tribeProcleticini

Myrocheini
tribeMyrocheini

Hoplistoderini
tribeHoplistoderini

Caystrini
tribeCaystrini

Sephelini
tribeSephelini

Axiagastini
tribeAxiagastini

Eurysaspidini
tribeEurysaspidini

Aeptini
tribeAeptini

Bathycoeliini
tribeBathycoeliini

Degonetini
tribeDegonetini

Diploxyini
tribeDiploxyini

Aeschrocorini
tribeAeschrocorini

Lestonocorini
tribeLestonocorini

Agaeini
tribeAgaeini

Rolstoniellini
tribeRolstoniellini

Eudolycoris
genusEudolycoris

Phricodini
tribePhricodini

Macrocarenoides
genusMacrocarenoides

Amyntorini
tribeAmyntorini

Trachyops
genusTrachyops

Buthumka
genusButhumka

Lubentius
genusLubentius

Ippatha
genusIppatha

Poecilotoma
genusPoecilotoma

Vitruvius
genusVitruvius

Coquereliini
tribeCoquereliini

Cooperocoris
genusCooperocoris

Dysnoetus
genusDysnoetus

Turrubulana
genusTurrubulana

Amphidexius
genusAmphidexius

Capivaccius
genusCapivaccius

Memmiini
tribeMemmiini

Diplostirini
tribeDiplostirini

Dardjilingia
genusDardjilingia

Triplatygini
tribeTriplatygini

Ooldeon
genusOoldeon

Zouicoris
genusZouicoris

Hyparete
genusHyparete

Nealeriini
tribeNealeriini

Lakhonia
genusLakhonia

Pentamyrmexini
tribePentamyrmexini

Eremophilacoris
genusEremophilacoris
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 51276.