| Plautia | |
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| Plautia stali, Japan (to the right; to the left is Halyomorpha halys) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Pentatomidae |
| Subfamily: | Pentatominae |
| Tribe: | Antestiini |
| Genus: | Plautia Stål, 1864 |
Plautia is a genus of stink bugs in the family Pentatomidae. There are about five described species in Plautia, found primarily in south and east Asia and Oceania. [1] [2]
These five species belong to the genus Plautia:
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