Adomerus biguttatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Cow Wheat Shieldbug)

Interactions where Adomerus biguttatus 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 MelampyrumQuestionable cow-wheats Lamiales: Orobanchaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Cydnidae/Adomerus biguttatus/Adomerus biguttatuscow wheat shieldbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Orobanchaceae/Melampyrum/Melampyrumcow-wheats?
nymph nymph sucks sap of MelampyrumQuestionable cow-wheats Lamiales: Orobanchaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Cydnidae/Adomerus biguttatus/Adomerus biguttatuscow wheat shieldbugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Orobanchaceae/Melampyrum/Melampyrumcow-wheats?
adult adult sucks sap of Major Melampyrum pratense Common Cow-wheat Lamiales: Orobanchaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Cydnidae/Adomerus biguttatus/Adomerus biguttatuscow wheat shieldbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Orobanchaceae/Melampyrum pratense/Melampyrum pratensecommon cow-wheatMajor
nymph nymph sucks sap of Major Melampyrum pratense Common Cow-wheat Lamiales: Orobanchaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Cydnidae/Adomerus biguttatus/Adomerus biguttatuscow wheat shieldbugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Orobanchaceae/Melampyrum pratense/Melampyrum pratensecommon cow-wheatMajor

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.

Adomerus biguttatus (Cow Wheat Shieldbug) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Adomerus biguttatus (Cow Wheat Shieldbug) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAdomerus biguttatus (Cow Wheat Shieldbug)
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 Adomerus biguttatus (Cow Wheat Shieldbug)

Adomerus biguttatus (Cow Wheat Shieldbug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Adomerus biguttatus (Cow Wheat Shieldbug):

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