Neottiglossa pusilla (Gmelin, 1790)
(a shieldbug)

Interactions where Neottiglossa pusilla 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 Major Poa pratensis s.l. smooth meadow-grasses Poales: Poaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pentatomidae/Neottiglossa pusilla/Neottiglossa pusillaa shieldbug Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Poa pratensis s.l./Poa pratensis s.l.smooth meadow-grassesMajor

Interactions where Neottiglossa pusilla is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part 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 Summary
is endoparasitoid host of larva Phasia obesa a bug parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Alophora obesa F. (Dipt., Tachinidae) bred from Neottiglossa pusilla Gmel. (Hem., Pentatomidae), Allen, A.A., 1963
Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Phasia obesa/Phasia obesaa bug parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pentatomidae/Neottiglossa pusilla/Neottiglossa pusillaa shieldbug larva is endoparasitoid of

Author & YearTitleSource
Allen, A.A., 1963Alophora obesa F. (Dipt., Tachinidae) bred from Neottiglossa pusilla Gmel. (Hem., Pentatomidae)Ent. Mon. Mag. 99: 35.
Belshaw, R., 1993Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 10, Part 4a(i), 169pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959Land and Water Bugs of the British IslesWayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.

Neottiglossa pusilla (a shieldbug) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Neottiglossa pusilla (a shieldbug) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesNeottiglossa pusilla (a shieldbug)
SubfamilyPENTATOMINAE (a subfamily of phytophagous shield bugs)
FamilyPENTATOMIDAE (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 Neottiglossa pusilla (a shieldbug)

Neottiglossa pusilla (a shieldbug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Allen, A.A. 1963 Alophora obesa F. (Dipt., Tachinidae) bred from Neottiglossa pusilla Gmel. (Hem., Pentatomidae) Ent. Mon. Mag. 99: 35.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Neottiglossa pusilla (a shieldbug):

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