Anthocoris nemorum (Linnaeus, 1761)
(Common Flower Bug)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAnthocoris nemorum (Common Flower Bug)
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)
Records of Anthocoris nemorum (Common Flower Bug) :
1: Anthocoris nemorum (Common Flower Bug)
8 Mar 2003 OSGR: SU68 51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
Hibernating in King Alfred’s Cakes fungus on Ash gatepost
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 2: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 3: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 4: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - grey background
2: Anthocoris nemorum (Common Flower Bug)
25 May 2000 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Female - dorsal viewImage 2: Female - ventral surfaceImage 3: Head and thorax - close-up - dorsalImage 4: Head and thorax - close-up - dorsal (2)
3: Anthocoris nemorum (Common Flower Bug)
26 Apr 1971 OSGR: TG10 52° 40’ N, 1° 10’ E Vice County: East Norfolk (VC 27) England
On Spring Beauty
Image 1: Side viewImage 2: Top viewImage 3: Top view (2)

Anthocoris nemorum (Common Flower Bug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Anthocoris nemorum (Common Flower Bug)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Anthocoris nemorum (Common Flower Bug)
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