List of shield bug species of Great Britain

The following is a list of the shield bugs recorded in Britain:

uperfamily Pentatomoidea

Family Acanthosomatidae

*"Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale" — hawthorn shield bug
*"Cyphostethus tristriatus" — juniper shield bug
*"Elasmostethus interstinctus" — birch shield bug
*"Elasmucha grisea" — parent bug
*"Elasmucha ferrugata"

Family Scutelleridae

*"Eurygaster maura"
*"Eurygaster testudinaria"
*"Eurygaster austriaca"
*"Odontoscelis fuliginosa"
*"Odontoscelis lineola"

Family Cydnidae

*"Legnotus limbosus"
*"Legnotus picipes"
*"Canthophorus impressus"
*"Sehirus bicolor" — pied shield bug
*"Sehirus biguttatus"
*"Sehirus luctuosus"
*"Geotomus punctulatus"
*"Cydnus aterrimus"

Family Thyreocoridae

*"Thyreocoris scarabaeoides" — negro bug

Family Pentatomidae

*"Podops inuncta"
*"Sciocoris cursitans"
*"Aelia acuminata" — bishop's mitre
*"Carpocoris purpureipennis"
*"Dolycoris baccarum" — sloe bug
*"Eysarcoris aeneus"
*"Eysarcoris fabricii"
*"Holcostethus vernalis"
*"Neottiglossa pusilla"
*"Palomena prasina" — green shield bug
*"Pentatoma rufipes" — forest bug
*"Piezodorus lituratus" — gorse shield bug
*"Eurydema ornatum"
*"Eurydema oleracea" — Brassica bug
*"Eurydema dominulus"
*"Eurydema herbaceum"
*"Picromerus bidens"
*"Rhacognathus punctatus" — heather bug
*"Troilus luridus"
*"Zicrona caerulea" — blue bug
*"Nezara viridula" — southern green shield bug
*"Dyroderes umbraculatus"
*"Jalla dumosa"
*"Byrsinus flavicornis"
*"Pitedia juniperana"