BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
PENTATOMIDAE (a family of shieldbugs)
Subtaxa
| Rank | Taxon |  |
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| Subfamily | AMYOTEINAE (predatory shieldbugs) | 2 | ||
| Species | Rhacognathus punctatus (Linnaeus) (a predatory shieldbug) | 2 | ||
| Species | Troilus luridus (Fabricius) (a predatory shieldbug) | 2 | 3 | |
| Subfamily | PENTATOMINAE (a subfamily of phytophagous shield bugs) | 7 | ||
| Genus | Aelia (bishop's mitre bugs) | 1 | 6 | |
| Genus | Dolycoris (a genus of shieldbugs) | 1 | 45 | 3 |
| Genus | Eurydema (a genus of shieldbugs) | 1 | 4 | |
| Species | Eysarcoris venustissimus (a shieldbug) | 6 | 3 | |
| Genus | Palomena (a genus of shieldbugs) | 1 | 40 | 5 |
| Species | Pentatoma rufipes (Linnaeus) (Forest Bug) | 30 | 11 | |
| Species | Piezodorus lituratus (Fabricius) (Gorse Shieldbug) | 23 | 5 |
Suggested Literature
Identification Works
| UKshieldbugs: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/UKshieldbugs/ | UKshieldbugs |
| Nau, B.S., 1985 | Identification of some species of mirids and shield-bugs while immature |
| Shieldbugs of Southampton: http://sotonnhs.org/publications.asp | Shieldbugs of Southampton |
Adults and nymphs | |
| Shieldbug life-stages page on the British Bugs website: http://www.britishbugs.org.uk/heteroptera/idcards/life_stages.html | Shieldbug life-stages page on the British Bugs website |
Regional guides | |
| Hawkins, R.D., 2003 | Shieldbugs of Surrey |
BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk)
has 6 general literature references to PENTATOMIDAE (a family of shieldbugs)
PENTATOMIDAE may also be covered by literature listed under:
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BIOTA (living things) |
Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
ANIMALIA (animals) |
ARTHROPODA (arthropods) |
INSECTA (insects) |
HEMIPTERA (bugs) |
BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk)
has 110 feeding and other relationships of PENTATOMIDAE (a family of shieldbugs)
