Troilus luridus (Fabricius, 1775)
(Bronze Shieldbug)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTroilus luridus (Bronze Shieldbug)
SubfamilyAMYOTEINAE (predatory shieldbugs)
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)
Records of Troilus luridus (Bronze Shieldbug) :
1: Troilus luridus (Bronze Shieldbug)
21 Sep 2019 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, swept off hawthorn hedge
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - ventral view - enlarged - silver background
2: Troilus luridus (Bronze Shieldbug)
8 Jun 2006 OSGR: SU77 51° 30’ N, 0° 60’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, feeding on Guelder-rose Leaf-Beetle larva on leaf of Guelder Rose . Photos: Male - feeding on beetle larva
Image 1: Feeding on Chrysomelid larva - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Feeding on Chrysomelid larva - enlargedImage 3: Male - dorsal view - enlargedImage 4: Male - ventral view - close-up - enlargedImage 5: Male - ventral view - enlarged

Troilus luridus (Bronze Shieldbug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Troilus luridus (Bronze Shieldbug)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 11 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Troilus luridus (Bronze Shieldbug)
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