Canthophorus impressus Horváth, 1880
(Bastard Toadflax Shieldbug, Bastard-toadflax Bug)

Interactions where Canthophorus impressus is the dominant partner and gains from the process

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

Stage 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
adult adult sucks sap of Origanum vulgareQuestionable Wild Marjoram, Oregano Lamiales: Lamiaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Cydnidae/Canthophorus impressus/Canthophorus impressusbastard toadflax shieldbug, bastard-toadflax bugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Origanum vulgare/Origanum vulgarewild marjoram, oregano?
nymph nymph sucks sap of Origanum vulgareQuestionable Wild Marjoram, Oregano Lamiales: Lamiaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Cydnidae/Canthophorus impressus/Canthophorus impressusbastard toadflax shieldbug, bastard-toadflax bugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Origanum vulgare/Origanum vulgarewild marjoram, oregano?
adult adult sucks sap of Restricted Thesium humifusum Stars-in-grass, Bastard-toadflax Santalales: Santalaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Cydnidae/Canthophorus impressus/Canthophorus impressusbastard toadflax shieldbug, bastard-toadflax bugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Santalales/Santalaceae/Thesium humifusum/Thesium humifusumstars-in-grass, bastard-toadflaxSole
nymph nymph sucks sap of Restricted Thesium humifusum Stars-in-grass, Bastard-toadflax Santalales: Santalaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Cydnidae/Canthophorus impressus/Canthophorus impressusbastard toadflax shieldbug, bastard-toadflax bugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Santalales/Santalaceae/Thesium humifusum/Thesium humifusumstars-in-grass, bastard-toadflaxSole

Author & YearTitleSource
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959Land and Water Bugs of the British IslesWayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.

Canthophorus impressus (Bastard Toadflax Shieldbug, Bastard-toadflax Bug) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Canthophorus impressus (Bastard Toadflax Shieldbug, Bastard-toadflax Bug) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCanthophorus impressus (Bastard Toadflax Shieldbug, Bastard-toadflax Bug)
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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Canthophorus impressus (Bastard Toadflax Shieldbug, Bastard-toadflax Bug)

Canthophorus impressus (Bastard Toadflax Shieldbug, Bastard-toadflax Bug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Canthophorus impressus (Bastard Toadflax Shieldbug, Bastard-toadflax Bug):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 8 images of Canthophorus impressus (Bastard Toadflax Shieldbug, Bastard-toadflax Bug)

Until recently recorded as S. dubius (Scopoli), it is now realised that our species is S. impressus.

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