Pentatomidae

Pentatomidae

Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Pentatomidae
Common name: "Stink bugs"

The name of the family Pentatomidae is originated on the antennae segmentation. From the Greek pente (five) and from the Latin tomus, and this from the Greek tomos (part, division).



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