Coreus marginatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Dock Bug)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCoreus marginatus (Dock Bug)
FamilyCOREIDAE (squashbugs)
SuperfamilyCOREOIDEA (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 Coreus marginatus (Dock Bug) :
1: Coreus marginatus (Dock Bug)
4 Sep 2018 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, swept off Nettles
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - fore-parts - antero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and fore-legs - antero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - ventral view - enlarged - silver background
2: Coreus marginatus (Dock Bug)
4 Sep 2018 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, swept off Nettles
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - ventral view - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head - latero-dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head - latero-dorsal view - magnified - silver background
3: Coreus marginatus (Dock Bug)
5 May 2007 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
Female
Image 1: Female - dorsal viewImage 2: Female - dorsal view - close-upImage 3: Female - dorsal view - close-up (2)Image 4: Female - dorsal view - close-up (3)Image 5: Female - lateral viewImage 6: Female - rear three-quarter view - close-upImage 7: Female - ventral view - close-up
4: Coreus marginatus (Dock Bug)
7 Jun 2005 OSGR: ST95 51° 20’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
on Broad-leaved Dock
Image 1: Male - dorsal viewImage 2: Male - dorsal view - close-upImage 3: Male - dorsal view - close-up (2)Image 4: Male - latero-dorsal viewImage 5: Male - latero-dorsal view (2)Image 6: Male - latero-dorsal view (3)Image 7: Male - latero-dorsal - viewImage 8: Male - latero-dorsal viewImage 9: Male - latero-dorsal - close-up - enlarged
5: Coreus marginatus (Dock Bug)
13 May 2000 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
On dock
Image 1: Female - dorsal viewImage 2: In cop.

Coreus marginatus (Dock Bug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Coreus marginatus (Dock Bug)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 24 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Coreus marginatus (Dock Bug)
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