Paula's Giant Shield Bug Piezosternum subulatum

Photo: Mark Yokoyama

Classification

Tessaratomidae [family]

Piezosternum [genus] (1)

subulatum [species]

Classification

Tessaratomidae [family]

Piezosternum [genus] (1)

subulatum [species]

Names

English name	Paula's Giant Shield Bug
Valid name	Piezosternum subulatum (Thunberg, 1783)

Classification

Animalia [kingdom] Animals
- Arthropoda [phylum] Arthropods
  - Hexapoda [subphylum] Hexapods
    - Insecta [class] Insects
      - Hemiptera [order] Scale Insects
        
        Heteroptera [suborder] True Bugs
        
        Pentatomoidea [superfamily]
        
        Tessaratomidae [family]
        
        Piezosternum Amyot & Serville, 1843 [genus]
        
        Piezosternum subulatum (Thunberg, 1783) [species] Paula's Giant Shield Bug