CYDNIDAE
(a family of shieldbugs)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Canthophorus impressus
Bastard Toadflax Shieldbug, Bastard-toadflax Bug
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 		Species 8 images
Legnotus limbosus
a shieldbug
Female (Click to open)
 		Species 3 images
Sehirus
a genus of shieldbugs
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 6 images
Tritomegas bicolor
Pied Shieldbug
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 		Species 9 images 1 ident. refs
Tritomegas sexmaculatus
Rambur’s Pied Shieldbug
Species 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyCYDNIDAE (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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Duke, C. UKshieldbugs
Hackston, M. Key to the British species of family Cydnidae
Southampton Natural History Society 2007 Shieldbugs of Southampton http://sotonnhs.org/publications.asp

Adults And Nymphs

() Wood, A. Shieldbug life-stages page on the British Bugs website www.britishbugs.org.uk/heteroptera/idcards/life_stages.html

Life Stages

Wood, A. (Life stage illustrations) www.britishbugs.org.uk/heteroptera/idcards/life_stages.html

Regional Guides

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

CYDNIDAE (a family of shieldbugs) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for CYDNIDAE (a family of shieldbugs)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 36 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for CYDNIDAE (a family of shieldbugs)
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