Pentatomoidea

Shield and stink bugs
Acanthosoma labiduroides female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Infraorder:	Pentatomomorpha
Superfamily:	Pentatomoidea
Families
Acanthosomatidae - shield bugs Aphylidae Canopidae Cydnidae - burrowing bugs (incl. Thyreocoridae) Dinidoridae Lestoniidae Megarididae Pentatomidae - stink bugs Phloeidae Plataspididae (Plataspidae) Scutelleridae - shield-back bugs Tessaratomidae Thaumastellidae Urostylididae (Urostylidae)

A freshly moulted Pentatomid nymph belonging to tribe Halyni.

Pentatomoidea is a superfamily of insects in the Heteroptera suborder of the Hemiptera order. Because of this they share a common arrangement of sucking mouthparts. They have six legs and three body parts. Stink bugs are different colors like bright red, light yellow, light orange, light green and dark brown. A stink bug's head is small. The heads can be different shapes such as heart or a triangle or a dome shape. Stink bugs thorax is big. They have six legs attached to their thorax. Their legs are bent. They can jump as high as crickets. Their claws climb up a plant. Their claws are jointed to their legs. Their claws are like hooks. A stink bug's abdomen is small, skinny and dark. A stink bug has stripes on its abdomen.

References

1. Sexton, Colleen (August 1, 2008). Stink Bugs. Bellwether Media. ISBN 978-1-60014-192-8.