Animals Kingdom (Animalia)

• Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

• Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

• Insects (Class Insecta)

• Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

• True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and Allies (Order Hemiptera)

• True Bugs (Subrder Heteroptera)

Stiretrus is a genus of predatory stink bugs in the family Pentatomidae. Both nymphs and adults attack insects larger than themselves, and suck the body fluids from their prey with a needle-like beak.