Corizus hyoscyami (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a rhopalid bug)

Interactions where Corizus hyoscyami 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
sucks sap of ASTERACEAEQuestionable daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite Asterales Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Rhopalidae/Corizus hyoscyami/Corizus hyoscyamia rhopalid bug Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Asteraceaedaisies, dandelions and thistles, composite?
sucks sap of OnonisQuestionable restharrows Fabales: Fabaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Rhopalidae/Corizus hyoscyami/Corizus hyoscyamia rhopalid bug Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Ononis/Ononisrestharrows?
sucks sap of ErodiumQuestionable stork’s-bills Geraniales: Geraniaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Rhopalidae/Corizus hyoscyami/Corizus hyoscyamia rhopalid bug Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Geraniales/Geraniaceae/Erodium/Erodiumstork's-bills?

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.

Corizus hyoscyami (a rhopalid bug) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Corizus hyoscyami (a rhopalid bug) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCorizus hyoscyami (a rhopalid bug)
FamilyRHOPALIDAE (rhopalid 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 Corizus hyoscyami (a rhopalid bug)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. Red and black bugs from the Channel Islands area www.cwgsy.net/private/gsybiorec/entomology/files/redandbl_files/redandblc.html

Corizus hyoscyami (a rhopalid bug) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Corizus hyoscyami (a rhopalid bug):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 28 images of Corizus hyoscyami (a rhopalid bug)

This striking species was restricted to western and south-western coasts, from Sussex to Lancashire in the last century. Since 2000 it has greatly increased its range and is now widespread in England and Wales, being found both near the coast and inland as far north as Yorkshire.

There are a number of superficially similar black and red bugs on the continent which may arrive here. Confirmatory characters include the numerous close parallel veins on the (dark) membrane of the wing, the upturned apex of the scutellum and the protruding stink glands between the second and third legs which are visible from above.

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