BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Troilus luridus (Fabricius) (a shieldbug)
Records (and photo sets)
| Taxon | Summary | Date | Vice-county | Country |  |
 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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:
 |
nymph | Chrysomelidae - leaf and flea beetles (Coleoptera) | nymph is predator of larva | 
|
Hawkins, R.D., 1985 |
|
nymph | Syrphidae - hover flies, drone flies, flower flies (Diptera) | nymph is predator of larva |
|
Hawkins, R.D., 1985 |
|
nymph | Lepidoptera - butterflies and moths | nymph is predator of larva |
|
Hawkins, R.D., 1985 [some larvae] |
Associated with Troilus luridus:
| is endoparasitoid host of larva | Hemyda vittata - a parasitoid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) | 
|
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 |
