ACANTHOSOMATIDAE
(a family of phytophagous shieldbugs)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
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ID refs
Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Hawthorn Shieldbug
Male (Click to open)
 		Species 22 images
Cyphostethus tristriatus
Juniper Shieldbug
Female (Click to open)
 		Species 12 images
Elasmostethus interstinctus
Birch Shieldbug
Female (Click to open) (Click to open) (Click to open)Female (Click to open)
 		Species 32 images
Elasmucha grisea
Parent Bug
Male (Click to open) (Click to open)
 		Species 12 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyACANTHOSOMATIDAE (a family of phytophagous shieldbugs)
SuperfamilyPENTATOMOIDEA (shieldbugs)
InfraorderPentatomomorpha (an infraorder of bugs)
SuborderHETEROPTERA (true bugs)
OrderHEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Duke, C. UKshieldbugs
Nau, B.S. 1985 Identification of some species of mirids and shield-bugs while immature Het News No 5: 3-5.
Southampton Natural History Society 2007 Shieldbugs of Southampton http://sotonnhs.org/publications.asp

Life Stages

Wood, A. (Life stage illustrations) www.britishbugs.org.uk/heteroptera/idcards/life_stages.html

Regional Guides

() Hawkins, R.D. 2003 Shieldbugs of Surrey Surrey Wildlife Atlas Project, 192pp, Surrey Wildlife Trust

ACANTHOSOMATIDAE (a family of phytophagous shieldbugs) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for ACANTHOSOMATIDAE (a family of phytophagous shieldbugs)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 28 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for ACANTHOSOMATIDAE (a family of phytophagous shieldbugs)
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