Tritomegas bicolor (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Pied Shieldbug)

Interactions where Tritomegas bicolor 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
adult adult sucks sap of stem Major Ballota nigra Black Horehound Lamiales: Lamiaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Cydnidae/Tritomegas bicolor/Tritomegas bicolorpied shieldbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Ballota nigra/Ballota nigrablack horehoundstemMajor
nymph (instars 1-3) nymph (instars 1-3) sucks sap of nutlet Major Ballota nigra Black Horehound Lamiales: Lamiaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Cydnidae/Tritomegas bicolor/Tritomegas bicolorpied shieldbugnymph (instars 1-3) Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Ballota nigra/Ballota nigrablack horehoundnutletMajor
nymph (instars 4-5) nymph (instars 4-5) sucks sap of calyx (underside) Major Ballota nigra Black Horehound Lamiales: Lamiaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Cydnidae/Tritomegas bicolor/Tritomegas bicolorpied shieldbugnymph (instars 4-5) Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Ballota nigra/Ballota nigrablack horehoundcalyx (underside)Major
adult adult sucks sap of stem Major Lamium album White Dead-nettle Lamiales: Lamiaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Cydnidae/Tritomegas bicolor/Tritomegas bicolorpied shieldbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lamium album/Lamium albumwhite dead-nettlestemMajor
nymph (instars 1-3) nymph (instars 1-3) sucks sap of nutlet Major Lamium album White Dead-nettle Lamiales: Lamiaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Cydnidae/Tritomegas bicolor/Tritomegas bicolorpied shieldbugnymph (instars 1-3) Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lamium album/Lamium albumwhite dead-nettlenutletMajor
nymph (instars 4-5) nymph (instars 4-5) sucks sap of calyx (underside) Major Lamium album White Dead-nettle Lamiales: Lamiaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Cydnidae/Tritomegas bicolor/Tritomegas bicolorpied shieldbugnymph (instars 4-5) Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Lamiaceae/Lamium album/Lamium albumwhite dead-nettlecalyx (underside)Major

Author & YearTitleSource
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959Land and Water Bugs of the British IslesWayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.

Tritomegas bicolor (Pied Shieldbug) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Tritomegas bicolor (Pied Shieldbug) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTritomegas bicolor (Pied Shieldbug)
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 Tritomegas bicolor (Pied Shieldbug)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Pendleton, T. & D. Rambur’s Pied Shieldbug Tritomegas sexmaculatus www.eakringbirds.com/eakringbirds3/insectinfocusramburspiedshieldbug.htm

Tritomegas bicolor (Pied Shieldbug) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Tritomegas bicolor (Pied Shieldbug):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 9 images of Tritomegas bicolor (Pied Shieldbug)
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