What is Pentatomidae?
{{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Paleogene|Recent}} | image = Nezara_viridula2.jpg | image_caption = ''[[Nezara viridula]]'' | taxon = Pentatomidae | authority = [[William Elford Leach|Leach]], 1815 | display_parents = 3 | subdivision_ranks = Subfamilies | subdivision = *[[Aphylinae]] *[[Asopinae]] *[[Cyrtocorinae]] *[[Discocephalinae]] *[[Edessinae]] *[[Pentatominae]] *[[Phyllocephalinae]] *[[Podopinae]] *[[Serbaninae]] *[[Stirotarsinae]] }} '''Pentatomidae''', Greek ''pente'' meaning ''five'' and ''tomos'' meaning ''section'', is a [[family (biology)|family]] of '''stink bugs'''.<ref>{{cite book |author=Michael Chinery |title=Insects of Britain & Western Europe |year=1993 |publisher=Harper/Collins |location=London |isbn=0-00-219137-7 |page=72}}</ref> There are about 4,700 [[species]] in the family. In agriculture, many stink bugs and [[shield bugs]] are considered [[pest (biology)|pest]] insects, because they can damage [[crops]], and are not easily killed by [[pesticide]]s. == References == {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Wikispecies|Pentatomidae}} {{Commons category|Pentatomidae}} *[http://insects.about.com/od/truebugs/p/Pentatomidae.htm Pentatomidae] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130512160309/http://insects.about.com/od/truebugs/p/Pentatomidae.htm |date=2013-05-12 }} [[Category:Hemiptera]] {{biology-stub}}