Anthocoris Fallén, 1814
(flower bugs)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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ID refs
Anthocoris nemoralis
a flower bug
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 		Species 5 images
Anthocoris nemorum
Common Flower Bug
Female (Click to open)
 		Species 11 images
Anthocoris (unidentified)
Unidentified Flower Bugs
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 		Unidentified 2 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusAnthocoris (flower bugs)
FamilyANTHOCORIDAE (flower bugs)
SuperfamilyCIMICOIDEA (a superfamily of bugs)
InfraorderCimicomorpha (an infraorder of bugs)
SuborderHETEROPTERA (true bugs)
OrderHEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Anon. A key to the Western European species of Anthocoris Het News.
Le Quesne, W.J. 1954 Studies in the British species of Anthocoris Fallen (Hem., Anthocoridae) including two new subspecies Ent. Mon. Mag..
Péricart, J (translated by Stuart Foster) 1983 A key to Western European species of Anthocoris Het News 1.

Anthocoris (flower bugs) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Anthocoris (flower bugs)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 19 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Anthocoris (flower bugs)
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