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PENTATOMIDAE (a family of shieldbugs)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos
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 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:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
INSECTA
(insects)
HEMIPTERA
(bugs)

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 110 feeding and other relationships of PENTATOMIDAE (a family of shieldbugs)

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