Bronze shieldbug
Troilus luridus (Fabricius, 1775)
Status not recordedinsects
The bronze shieldbug (Troilus luridus) is a species in the family Pentatomidae, order Hemiptera.
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Quick facts about the bronze shieldbug
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- Not recorded
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the bronze shieldbug live?
Not recorded
Is the bronze shieldbug endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the bronze shieldbug classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderHemiptera
- familyPentatomidae
- genusTroilus
- SpeciesTroilus luridus (Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms Cimex luridus, Podisus luridus
Other names and names in other languages (16)
- kněžice zrnitáCzech
- SkovbredtægeDanish
- SpitzbauchwanzeGerman
- keihäsludeFinnish
- Asope blafardFrench
- tőrös címerespoloskaHungarian
- 맵시주둥이노린재Korean
- Bronzinė SkydblakėLithuanian
- skogbreitegeNorwegian Bokmål
- BuikspitsschildwantsDutch
- zawadzik leśniczekPolish
- Троилус крылоплечийRussian
- bzdocha draváSlovak
- trädrovbärfisSwedish
- SkovfladtægeDanish
- Щитник бледно-жёлтыйRussian
Relatives of the bronze shieldbug
Other species in the same family Pentatomidae.
Brown marmorated stink bug
Halyomorpha halys
Green stink bug
Nezara viridula
Green shieldbug
Palomena prasina
Sloe bug
Dolycoris baccarum
Forest bug
Pentatoma rufipes
Spiked shieldbug
Picromerus bidens
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Common questions
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What kind of animal is the bronze shieldbug?
The bronze shieldbug (Troilus luridus) belongs to the family Pentatomidae in the order Hemiptera.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits · CC BY 4.0 · v1
Oliveira, B.F., São-Pedro, V.A., Santos-Barrera, G., Penone, C. & Costa, G.C. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Scientific Data 4: 170123. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.123. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4644424.v5 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikimedia Commons · per file (CC0 / public domain / CC BY green, CC BY-SA amber, anything else not displayed) · 2026-11-11
Wikimedia Commons contributors. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org (each file credited to its author under its own licence). - EltonTraits 1.0: species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals · CC0 1.0 · 1.0
Wilman, H., Belmaker, J., Simpson, J., de la Rosa, C., Rivadeneira, M.M. & Jetz, W. (2014) EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95: 2027. https://doi.org/10.1890/13-1917.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3559887.v1 - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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