Subfamily
Asopinae (Predatory stink bugs)
Podisus maculiventris. Photo: (c) Carolyn Gritzmaker, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Asopinae are a subfamily of stink bugs (family Pentatomidae). They are predatory stink bugs that are useful as biological control agents against pests, even against other Pentatomid species, which are all herbivorous.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
- Class: Insecta (Insects)
- Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
- Order: Hemiptera (True bugs, hoppers, aphids, and allies)
- Suborder: Heteroptera (True bugs)
- Infraorder: Pentatomomorpha (Pentatomomorph bugs)
- Superfamily: Pentatomoidea (Stink bugs, shield bugs, and allies)
- Family: Pentatomidae (Stink bugs)
- Subfamily: Asopinae (Predatory stink bugs)
- Genus: Podisus (1)
- Subfamily: Asopinae (Predatory stink bugs)
- Family: Pentatomidae (Stink bugs)
- Superfamily: Pentatomoidea (Stink bugs, shield bugs, and allies)
- Infraorder: Pentatomomorpha (Pentatomomorph bugs)
- Suborder: Heteroptera (True bugs)
- Order: Hemiptera (True bugs, hoppers, aphids, and allies)
- Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
- Class: Insecta (Insects)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
