CYDNIDAE
(a family of shieldbugs)

Interactions where CYDNIDAE 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').

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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 pusilla a bug parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Phasia pusilla/Phasia pusillaa bug parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Cydnidae/Cydnidaea family of shieldbugs 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

CYDNIDAE (a family of shieldbugs) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

CYDNIDAE (a family of shieldbugs) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
interactions
No of
references
Species 4 trophisms
Species 2 trophisms
Species 4 trophisms
Species 7 trophisms
Species 4 trophisms
Genus 1 subtaxa 6 trophisms
Species 6 trophisms 1 references
Species 2 trophisms 1 references
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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for CYDNIDAE (a family of shieldbugs)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
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:

General Works

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to CYDNIDAE (a family of shieldbugs):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 26 images of CYDNIDAE (a family of shieldbugs)
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