Eurygaster testudinaria (Geoffroy, 1785)
(Tortoise Bug)

Interactions where Eurygaster testudinaria 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 Major Carex sedges Poales: Cyperaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Scutelleridae/Eurygaster testudinaria/Eurygaster testudinariatortoise bugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex/CarexsedgesMajor
nymph nymph sucks sap of Major Carex sedges Poales: Cyperaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Scutelleridae/Eurygaster testudinaria/Eurygaster testudinariatortoise bugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex/CarexsedgesMajor
adult adult sucks sap of Major Juncus rushes Poales: Juncaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Scutelleridae/Eurygaster testudinaria/Eurygaster testudinariatortoise bugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Juncus/JuncusrushesMajor
nymph nymph sucks sap of Major Juncus rushes Poales: Juncaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Scutelleridae/Eurygaster testudinaria/Eurygaster testudinariatortoise bugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Juncus/JuncusrushesMajor

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.

Eurygaster testudinaria (Tortoise Bug) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Eurygaster testudinaria (Tortoise Bug) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEurygaster testudinaria (Tortoise Bug)
GenusEurygaster (a genus of shieldbugs)
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 Eurygaster testudinaria (Tortoise Bug)

Eurygaster testudinaria (Tortoise Bug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Eurygaster testudinaria (Tortoise Bug):

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