PYRRHOCORIDAE
(firebugs)

PYRRHOCORIDAE (firebugs) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

PYRRHOCORIDAE (firebugs) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Pyrrhocoris apterus
Firebug
Species 8 trophisms 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyPYRRHOCORIDAE (firebugs)
SuperfamilyPYRRHOCOROIDEA (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 PYRRHOCORIDAE (firebugs)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource

Regional Guides

() Hawkins, R.D. 2003 Shieldbugs of Surrey Surrey Wildlife Atlas Project, 192pp, Surrey Wildlife Trust

PYRRHOCORIDAE (firebugs) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Bantock, B. 2018 Provisional atlas of shieldbugs and allies

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to PYRRHOCORIDAE (firebugs):

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