BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

CYDNIDAE (a family of shieldbugs)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #webs
Species Legnotus limbosus (Geoffroy) (a shieldbug)       1
Genus Sehirus (a genus of shieldbugs) 3      
Species Sehirus bicolor (Linnaeus) (Pied Shieldbug)   6 3  
Species Sehirus impressus (a shieldbug)     9  
Species Sehirus luctuosus Mulsant & Rey (a shieldbug)     6  

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

UKshieldbugs: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/UKshieldbugs/ E-forum
Hawkins, R.D., 2003 Shieldbugs of Surrey

CYDNIDAE may also be covered by literature listed under:

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

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with CYDNIDAE:

Photos is endoparasitoid host of larva Phasia pusilla - a parasitoid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) Foreign Belshaw, R., 1993

Cydnidae may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
HEMIPTERA
(bugs)

References

Belshaw, R., 1993 Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)

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