LYGAEIDAE
(seed bugs or ground bugs)

Interactions where LYGAEIDAE is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
is endoparasitoid host of larva Foreign Phasia pusilla a bug parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Phasia pusilla/Phasia pusillaa bug parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Lygaeidaeseed bugs or ground bugs larva is endoparasitoid of

Author & YearTitleSource
Belshaw, R., 1993Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 10, Part 4a(i), 169pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

LYGAEIDAE (seed bugs or ground bugs) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

LYGAEIDAE (seed bugs or ground bugs) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Acompus pallipes
a ground bug
Species 4 trophisms
Acompus rufipes
a ground bug
Species 4 trophisms
Beosus maritimus
a ground bug
Species 5 trophisms
Chilacis typhae
Bulrush Bug
Species 2 trophisms 1 references
Cymus
a genus of seedbugs
Genus 4 subtaxa 14 trophisms
Drymus
a genus of ground bugs
Genus 2 subtaxa 14 trophisms
Eremocoris
a genus of ground bugs
Genus 2 subtaxa 3 trophisms 1 references
Gastrodes abietum
Spruce-cone Bug, Spruce Cone Bug
Species 3 trophisms 1 references
Gastrodes grossipes
Pine-cone Bug, Pine Cone Bug
Species 6 trophisms
Graptopeltus lynceus
a ground bug
Species 6 trophisms
Henestaris halophilus
a ground bug
Species 2 trophisms
Henestaris laticeps
a ground bug
Species 2 trophisms
Heterogaster artemisiae
a ground bug
Species 2 trophisms
Heterogaster urticae
Nettle Groundbug
Species 2 trophisms 1 references
Ischnodemus quadratus
a cinchbug
Species 2 trophisms
Kleidocerys
a genus of ground bugs
Genus 2 subtaxa 11 trophisms 1 references
Lygaeus equestris
a ground bug
Species 2 trophisms 1 references
Macrodema micropterum
a ground bug
Species 1 trophisms
Megalonotus
a genus of ground bugs
Genus 1 subtaxa 2 trophisms
Metopoplax ditomoides
a ground bug
Species 2 trophisms
Notochilus limbatus
a ground bug
Species 4 trophisms
Nysius
a genus of ground bugs
Genus 3 subtaxa 8 trophisms 1 references
Orsillus depressus
a ground bug
Species 2 trophisms
Ortholomus punctipennis
a ground bug
Species 2 trophisms
Pachybrachius fracticollis
a ground bug
Species 2 trophisms
Peritrechus
a genus of ground bugs
Genus 1 subtaxa 8 trophisms
Raglius alboacuminatus
a ground bug
Species 2 trophisms
Rhyparochromus
a genus of ground bugs
Genus 1 subtaxa 2 trophisms
Scolopostethus
a genus of ground bugs
Genus 4 subtaxa 9 trophisms
Stygnocoris
a genus of ground bugs
Genus 3 subtaxa 4 trophisms
[Ischnodemus sabuleti agg.]
cinchbugs
Informal 1 subtaxa 14 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyLYGAEIDAE (seed bugs or ground bugs)
SuperfamilyLYGAEOIDEA (a superfamily of bugs)
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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for LYGAEIDAE (seed bugs or ground bugs)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource

(Part)

Southampton Natural History Society 2007 Shieldbugs of Southampton http://sotonnhs.org/publications.asp

Pericart, J. 1998 Hemipteres Lygaeidae Euro-mediterraneens (three volumes) Faune de France, Faune No 84, 475+457+489pp, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel

LYGAEIDAE (seed bugs or ground bugs) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Eyles, A.C. 1962 Some notes on natural enemies of Lygaeidae Ent. Mon. Mag. 98: 226-227.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to LYGAEIDAE (seed bugs or ground bugs):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 189 images of LYGAEIDAE (seed bugs or ground bugs)
Creative Commons License
This website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.

Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material on the BioInfo website by Malcolm Storey is licensed under the above Creative Commons Licence.

BioInfo - Wildlife Information (UK)