ALYDIDAE
(ant bugs)

ALYDIDAE (ant bugs) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

ALYDIDAE (ant bugs) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
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references
Alydus calcaratus
an ant bug
Species 5 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyALYDIDAE (ant bugs)
SuperfamilyCOREOIDEA (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 ALYDIDAE (ant bugs)

Identification Works

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

Regional Guides

() Hawkins, R.D. 2003 Shieldbugs of Surrey Surrey Wildlife Atlas Project, 192pp, Surrey Wildlife Trust

ALYDIDAE (ant bugs) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Bantock, B. 2018 Provisional atlas of shieldbugs and allies

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to ALYDIDAE (ant bugs):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 2 images of ALYDIDAE (ant bugs)
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