Sehirus luctuosus Mulsant & Rey, 1866
(Forget-me-not Shieldbug)

Interactions where Sehirus luctuosus is the controlling partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see '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 MyosotisQuestionable forget-me-nots Boraginaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Cydnidae/Sehirus luctuosus/Sehirus luctuosusforget-me-not shieldbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Myosotis/Myosotisforget-me-nots?
adult adult sucks sap of nutlet MyosotisQuestionable forget-me-nots Boraginaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Cydnidae/Sehirus luctuosus/Sehirus luctuosusforget-me-not shieldbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Myosotis/Myosotisforget-me-nots?nutlet
nymph nymph sucks sap of MyosotisQuestionable forget-me-nots Boraginaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Cydnidae/Sehirus luctuosus/Sehirus luctuosusforget-me-not shieldbugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Myosotis/Myosotisforget-me-nots?
adult adult sucks sap of Major Myosotis arvensis Field Forget-me-not Boraginaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Cydnidae/Sehirus luctuosus/Sehirus luctuosusforget-me-not shieldbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Myosotis arvensis/Myosotis arvensisfield forget-me-notMajor
adult adult sucks sap of nutlet Major Myosotis arvensis Field Forget-me-not Boraginaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Cydnidae/Sehirus luctuosus/Sehirus luctuosusforget-me-not shieldbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Myosotis arvensis/Myosotis arvensisfield forget-me-notnutletMajor
nymph nymph sucks sap of Major Myosotis arvensis Field Forget-me-not Boraginaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Cydnidae/Sehirus luctuosus/Sehirus luctuosusforget-me-not shieldbugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginaceae/Myosotis arvensis/Myosotis arvensisfield forget-me-notMajor

Sehirus luctuosus (Forget-me-not Shieldbug) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Sehirus luctuosus (Forget-me-not Shieldbug) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

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.
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSehirus luctuosus (Forget-me-not Shieldbug)
GenusSehirus (a genus of shieldbugs)
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 Sehirus luctuosus (Forget-me-not Shieldbug)

Sehirus luctuosus (Forget-me-not Shieldbug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Sehirus luctuosus (Forget-me-not Shieldbug):

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