Pentatomidae

Pentatomidae, Greek pente meaning five and tomos meaning section, is a family of stink bugs.^[1] There are about 4,700 species in the family.

Pentatomidae Temporal range: Paleogene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Nezara viridula
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Infraorder:	Pentatomomorpha
Superfamily:	Pentatomoidea
Family:	Pentatomidae Leach, 1815
Subfamilies
Aphylinae Asopinae Cyrtocorinae Discocephalinae Edessinae Pentatominae Phyllocephalinae Podopinae Serbaninae Stirotarsinae

In agriculture, many stink bugs and shield bugs are considered pest insects, because they can damage crops, and are not easily killed by pesticides.