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Family	Scutellaridae
Sub Family
Description	a family of shieldbugs
Background to Family	A small number of rather rare and uncommon species, generally occurring at the edges of their ranges. The two species of Odontoscelis are typically associated with the warm microclimates of dunes and other sandy areas, where they burrow. Unusually for shield bugs, they overwinter as nymphs. Foodplants are storksbills (Erodium) for O.lineola, but remain unconfirmed for O.fuliginosa. Individual species of Eurygaster develop on either grasses (Poaceae), rushes (Juncaceae) or sedges (Cyperaceae), but show a degree of polyphagy and adults feed on a wider range of plants. The European tortoise bug, E.maura, can be a pest of cereals in continental Europe.

No. taxa in DBIF	5
No. interactions	11
% interactions with British data	91%
No. records	13
% taxa with British data	100%
Notes	Data currently unassessed by a specialist for changes in nomenclature, new species to the British list, new interactions, errors in original sources, and misspellings.; ;
Notes on Sources
Most recent source	1986

Below is a list of all sources for this family / sub-family contained within DBIF. Click on source name for a list of all records for this source.


Source	Woodroffe, G.E.(1959) Entomologist 92 6-13:7
Source	Price, A.(1961) Entomologist's mon. Mag. 97 200-200:200
Source	Gollner-Scheiding, U.(1986) Dt. ent. Z. 33 95-127:111
Source	Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D. (1959) Land and water bugs of the British Isles 1-436:31
Source	Massee, A.M.(1962) Entomologist's mon. Mag. 98 263-263:263
Source	Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D. (1959) Land and water bugs of the British Isles 1-436:32
Source	Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D. (1959) Land and water bugs of the British Isles 1-436:33
Source	Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D. (1959) Land and water bugs of the British Isles 1-436:34

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