Aradus depressus (Fabricius, 1794)
(a flat bark bug)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAradus depressus (a flat bark bug)
GenusAradus (a genus of flat bark bugs)
FamilyARADIDAE (flat bark bugs)
SuperfamilyARADOIDEA (a superfamily of bugs)
InfraorderPentatomomorpha (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 Aradus depressus (a flat bark bug) :
1: Aradus depressus (a flat bark bug)
17 May 2014 OSGR: SZ08 50° 40’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
alighted on shirt
Image 1: Adult - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Adult - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Adult - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Aradus depressus (a flat bark bug)
5 May 2004 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
indoors
Image 1: Adult - dorsal view - landscape - enlargedImage 2: Adult - dorsal view - landscape - enlarged (2)Image 3: Adult - dorsal view - landscape - enlarged (3)Image 4: Adult - dorsal view - landscape - enlarged (4)Image 5: Adult - dorsal view - portrait - enlargedImage 6: Adult - head and antennae - dorsal view - magnified
3: Aradus depressus (a flat bark bug)
14 May 1998 OSGR: SU88 51° 30’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
On fallen Beech log with Jew’s Ear Fungus
Image 1: Adult - dorsal viewImage 2: Adult - ventral view
4: Aradus depressus (a flat bark bug)
10 May 1998 OSGR: SU56 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on dark blue car
Image 1: Adult - dorsal viewImage 2: Adult - lateral viewImage 3: Adult - ventral view
5: Aradus depressus (a flat bark bug)
29 Feb 1976 OSGR: SU93 51° 0’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: West Sussex (VC 13) England
under Beech log
Image 1: Nymph - in situ - magnified

Aradus depressus (a flat bark bug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Aradus depressus (a flat bark bug)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 12 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Aradus depressus (a flat bark bug)
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