SCUTELLERIDAE
(a family of shieldbugs)

SCUTELLERIDAE (a family of shieldbugs) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

SCUTELLERIDAE (a family of shieldbugs) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Eurygaster
a genus of shieldbugs
Genus 3 subtaxa 20 trophisms
Odontoscelis
a genus of bugs
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilySCUTELLERIDAE (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 SCUTELLERIDAE (a family of shieldbugs)

Identification Works

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

Life Stages

Wood, A. (Life stage illustrations) www.britishbugs.org.uk/heteroptera/idcards/life_stages.html

Regional Guides

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

SCUTELLERIDAE (a family of shieldbugs) 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 SCUTELLERIDAE (a family of shieldbugs):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 7 images of SCUTELLERIDAE (a family of shieldbugs)
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