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Troilus luridus (Fabricius) (a shieldbug)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos #macrophotos
Troilus luridus Male - feeding on beetle larva 8 June 2006 Berks England 2 3

Suggested Literature

Troilus luridus may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
HEMIPTERA
(bugs)
PENTATOMIDAE
(a family of shieldbugs)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Troilus luridus is associated with:

Photos nymph Chrysomelidae - leaf and flea beetles (Coleoptera) nymph is predator of larva UK/Ireland Hawkins, R.D., 1985
Photos nymph Syrphidae - hover flies, drone flies, flower flies (Diptera) nymph is predator of larva UK/Ireland Hawkins, R.D., 1985
Photos nymph Lepidoptera - butterflies and moths nymph is predator of larva UK/Ireland Hawkins, R.D., 1985 [some larvae]

Associated with Troilus luridus:

is endoparasitoid host of larva Hemyda vittata - a parasitoid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) Foreign Questionable Belshaw, R., 1993

Troilus luridus may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
HEMIPTERA
(bugs)
PENTATOMIDAE
(a family of shieldbugs)

References

Belshaw, R., 1993 Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)
Hawkins, R.D., 1985 Some foods of Heteroptera larvae in the wild

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