Tritomegas sexmaculatus (Rambur, 1839)
(Rambur’s Pied Shieldbug)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTritomegas sexmaculatus (Rambur’s 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)

Identification Works

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

Tritomegas sexmaculatus (Rambur’s 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 sexmaculatus (Rambur’s Pied Shieldbug)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Tritomegas sexmaculatus (Rambur’s Pied Shieldbug)
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