Tritomegas bicolor (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Pied Shieldbug)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTritomegas bicolor (Pied Shieldbug)
FamilyCYDNIDAE (a family of shieldbugs)
SuperfamilyPENTATOMOIDEA (shieldbugs)
InfraorderPentatomomorpha (an infraorder of bugs)
SuborderHETEROPTERA (true bugs)
OrderHEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Tritomegas bicolor (Pied Shieldbug) :
1: Tritomegas bicolor (Pied Shieldbug)
10 May 1998 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on White Deadnettle
Image 1: Adult - dorsal viewImage 2: Adult - lateral viewImage 3: Adult - ventral view
2: Tritomegas bicolor (Pied Shieldbug)
17 Apr 1977 OSGR: SU94 51° 10’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Surrey (VC 17) England
Image 1: Adult - dorso-lateral view
3: Tritomegas bicolor (Pied Shieldbug)
19 Jun 1971 OSGR: TG10 52° 40’ N, 1° 10’ E Vice County: East Norfolk (VC 27) England
Nymph on White Deadnettle
Image 1: Nymph - dorsal viewImage 2: Nymph - lateral view
4: Tritomegas bicolor (Pied Shieldbug)
1 May 1971 OSGR: TG10 52° 40’ N, 1° 10’ E Vice County: East Norfolk (VC 27) England
Image 1: Adult - dorsal viewImage 2: Adult - dorsal view - close-up
5: Tritomegas bicolor (Pied Shieldbug)
2 May 1970 OSGR: TG10 52° 40’ N, 1° 10’ E Vice County: East Norfolk (VC 27) England
Image 1: Adult - antero-dorsal view

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Pendleton, T. & D. Rambur’s Pied Shieldbug Tritomegas sexmaculatus www.eakringbirds.com/eakringbirds3/insectinfocusramburspiedshieldbug.htm

Tritomegas bicolor (Pied Shieldbug) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Tritomegas bicolor (Pied Shieldbug)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 6 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Tritomegas bicolor (Pied Shieldbug)
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