Zicrona caerulea (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Blue Bug, Blue Shieldbug)

Interactions where Zicrona caerulea 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
is predator of larva UK/IrelandMajor Altica a genus of flea betles Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pentatomidae/Zicrona caerulea/Zicrona caeruleablue bug, blue shieldbug Animal / predatorUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Altica/Alticaa genus of flea betleslarvaMajor
is predator of adult UK/IrelandMajor Altica a genus of flea betles Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pentatomidae/Zicrona caerulea/Zicrona caeruleablue bug, blue shieldbug Animal / predatorUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Altica/Alticaa genus of flea betlesadultMajor
is predator of larva UK/IrelandMajor Galerucella a genus of leaf beetles Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pentatomidae/Zicrona caerulea/Zicrona caeruleablue bug, blue shieldbug Animal / predatorUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Galerucella/Galerucellaa genus of leaf beetleslarvaMajor
is predator of adult UK/IrelandMajor Galerucella a genus of leaf beetles Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pentatomidae/Zicrona caerulea/Zicrona caeruleablue bug, blue shieldbug Animal / predatorUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Galerucella/Galerucellaa genus of leaf beetlesadultMajor

Interactions where Zicrona caerulea 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 Foreign Phasia obesa a bug parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Phasia obesa/Phasia obesaa bug parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Pentatomidae/Zicrona caerulea/Zicrona caeruleablue bug, blue shieldbug larva is endoparasitoid of

Author & YearTitleSource
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.

Zicrona caerulea (Blue Bug, Blue Shieldbug) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Zicrona caerulea (Blue Bug, Blue Shieldbug) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesZicrona caerulea (Blue Bug, Blue 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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Zicrona caerulea (Blue Bug, Blue Shieldbug)

Zicrona caerulea (Blue Bug, Blue Shieldbug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Bland, K.P. 2005 A contribution to the distribution of Zicrona caerulea (L.) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) in Scotland Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 18: 223.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Zicrona caerulea (Blue Bug, Blue Shieldbug):

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