Pentatominae

Pentatominae
Pentatoma rufipes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Pentatomidae
Subfamily: Pentatominae
Leach, 1815

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.[1] Species in this subfamily are phytophages and several of them are considered agricultural pests.[2] Some invasive pentatomines such as Halyomorpha halys and Bagrada hilaris have been considered household pests.[3] Higher systematics of the group have been revised by Rider et al.[4]

  1. ^ Faúndez, E. I.; Rider, D. A.; Garcete-Barret, B. (2018). "New records of Alcaeorrhynchus grandis (Dallas, 1851)(Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) from Paraguay, with description of a teratological case". Boletín del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural del Paraguay. 22 (1): 27–29.
  2. ^ Faúndez, E. I.; Rider, D. A. (2017). "The brown marmorated stink bug Halyomorpha halys (Stål, 1855)(Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) in Chile". Arquivos Entomolóxicos. 17: 305–307.
  3. ^ Faúndez, E. I. (2018). "From agricultural to household pest: The case of the painted bug Bagrada hilaris (Burmeister)(Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) in Chile". Journal of Medical Entomology. 55 (5): 1365–1368. doi:10.1093/jme/tjy091. PMID 29931070.
  4. ^ Rider, D.A., Schwertner, C.F., Vilimová, J., Redei, D., Kment, P. & D.B. Thomas. 2018. Pp. 25-204. Higher systematics of Pentatomidea in McPherson, J. E. (Ed.). Invasive Stink Bugs and Related Species (Pentatomoidea): Biology, Higher Systematics, Semiochemistry, and Management. CRC Press, Florida.