Pied shieldbug
Tritomegas bicolor (Linnaeus, 1758)
Status not recordedinsects
The pied shieldbug (Tritomegas bicolor) is a species in the family Cydnidae, order Hemiptera.
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Quick facts about the pied shieldbug
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
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- 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 pied shieldbug live?
Not recorded
Is the pied 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 pied shieldbug classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderHemiptera
- familyCydnidae
- genusTritomegas
- SpeciesTritomegas bicolor (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms Cimex bicolor, Cydnus bicolor, Sehirus bicolor
Other names and names in other languages (22)
- hrabulka dvojbarevnáCzech
- Spættet tornbenDanish
- Zweifärbige ErdwanzeGerman
- Chinche mascaritaSpanish
- kirjopiiloludeFinnish
- Punaise pieFrench
- foltos földipoloskaHungarian
- 맵시땅노린재Korean
- Baltadėmė UrvablakėLithuanian
- flekktorntegeNorwegian Bokmål
- DovenetelgraafwantsDutch
- Siedliszek dwubarwnyPolish
- Клоп-землекоп двуцветныйRussian
- hrabavica dvojfarebnáSlovak
- LiščekSlovenian
- svartvit taggbeningSwedish
- Tofarvet tornbenDanish
- Schwarzweiße ErdwanzeGerman
- Punaise noire à quatre taches blanchesFrench
- Tritomège bicoloreFrench
- DovenetelwantsDutch
- Клоп-землекоп двухцветныйRussian
Relatives of the pied shieldbug
Other species in the same genus Tritomegas.
ComparePied shieldbug vs Rambur's pied shieldbugPied shieldbug vs Tritomegas delagrangeiPied shieldbug vs Tritomegas rotundipennis
Common questions
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What kind of animal is the pied shieldbug?
The pied shieldbug (Tritomegas bicolor) belongs to the family Cydnidae 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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