Biology:Tritomegas bicolor

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Short description: Species of true bug

Tritomegas bicolor
Tritomegas.bicolor.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hemiptera
Suborder:
Heteroptera
Family:
Cydnidae
Genus:
Tritomegas
Species:
T. bicolor
Binomial name
Tritomegas bicolor
Synonyms
  • Sehirus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Cimex bicolor Linnaeus, 1758[1]

Tritomegas bicolor, the pied shield bug, is a species of burrowing bug found in Europe. The adult is black and white and 5.5–7 mm (0.22–0.28 in) long.[2] File:Tritomegas bicolor-2012-04-29.ogvIt is found across North Africa, Europe and Central Asia,[1] although in the British Isles, it becomes rarer towards the north, and is absent from Scotland and Ireland.[2] T. bicolor lives mainly on the ground, but is also visible on its host plants — chiefly Lamium (dead nettles) and Ballota nigra (black horehound).[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hassan Ghahari; Frédéric Chérot; Rauno E. Linnavuori; Hadi Ostovan (2009). "Annotated catalogue of Iranian burrower bugs (Heteroptera, Pentatomoidea, Cydnidae)". ZooKeys (26): 1–31. doi:10.3897/zookeys.26.214. http://pensoftonline.net/zookeys/index.php/journal/article/view/214/295. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Tritomegas bicolor Pied Shieldbug". British Bugs — an online identification guide to UK Hemiptera. http://www.britishbugs.org.uk/heteroptera/Cydnidae/tritomegas_bicolor.html. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1757100 entry




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