Stink bug may refer to:
* Any insect in the true bug (
hemipteran) family
Pentatomidae
Pentatomidae is a family of insects belonging to the order Hemiptera, generally called shield bugs or stink bugs. Pentatomidae is the largest family in the superfamily Pentatomoidea, and contains around 900 genera and over 4700 species.Robert G ...
, generally called shield bugs or stink bugs
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Halyomorpha halys
The brown marmorated stink bug (''Halyomorpha halys'') is an insect in the family Pentatomidae, native to China, Japan, Korea, and other Asian regions. In September 1998, it was collected in Allentown, Pennsylvania, where it is believed to have ...
'', or brown marmorated stink bug
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Chinavia hilaris'', or green stink bug
* Any insect in the true bug (hemipteran) family
Acanthosomatidae
Acanthosomatidae is a family of Hemiptera, commonly named "shield bugs" and sometimes "stink bugs".There are currently recognized 200 species in 55 genera, making it is one of the least diverse families within Pentatomoidea. The Acanthosomatidae ...
, generally called shield bugs and sometimes stink bugs
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Boisea trivittata
''Boisea trivittata'', also called the eastern boxelder bug, box bug, or maple bug, is a species of true bug native to eastern North America. The western boxelder bug '' Boisea rubrolineata'' is a relative of this species and is native to wester ...
'', or boxelder bug in the true bug (
hemipteran) family
Rhopalidae
Rhopalidae, or scentless plant bugs, are a family (biology), family of true bugs. In older literature, the family is sometimes called "Corizidae". They differ from the related Coreidae, coreids in lacking well-developed scent glands. They are usu ...
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Eleodes
''Eleodes'' (commonly known as pinacate beetles or desert stink beetles) is a genus of darkling beetles, in the family Tenebrionidae. They are endemic to western North America ranging from southern Canada to central Mexico with many species fou ...
'', or stink beetles, a genus in the darkling beetle family (
Tenebrionidae
Darkling beetle is the common name for members of the beetle family Tenebrionidae, comprising over 20,000 species in a cosmopolitan distribution.
Taxonomy
''Tenebrio'' is the Latin generic name that Carl Linnaeus assigned to some flour beetles ...
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*An unofficial name for the
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See also
* Any insect in the true bug (hemipteran) family
Scutelleridae
Scutelleridae is a Family (biology), family of Hemiptera, true bugs. They are commonly known as jewel (stink) bugs or metallic shield bugs due to their often brilliant coloration. With the name based on the Asian genus ''Scutellera'', they are a ...
, generally called jewel stink bugs
* Any insect in the true bug (hemipteran) family
Tessaratomidae, generally called giant stink bugs, or inflated stink bugs
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