-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 (Suborder Heteroptera)​

-Pentatomomorph Bugs (Infraorder Pentatomomorpha)

-Superfamily Pentatomoidea​​

-Family Plataspidae

-Subfamily Plataspinae

-Genus Brachyplatys

-Brachyplatys subaeneus

Brachyplatys subaeneus (Black Bean Bug) is a species of shield bugs belonging to the family Plataspidae. As with most stink bugs, Brachyplatys subaeneus feeds on the sap of plants. It uses its piercing-sucking mouthparts to extract fluids from various herbaceous plants and shrubs. This feeding can lead to the weakening of plants, resulting in yellowing, wilting, and stunted growth.