Drymus sylvaticus (Fabricius, 1775)
(a ground bug)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDrymus sylvaticus (a ground bug)
GenusDrymus (a genus of ground bugs)
FamilyLYGAEIDAE (seed bugs or ground bugs)
SuperfamilyLYGAEOIDEA (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 Drymus sylvaticus (a ground bug) :
1: Drymus sylvaticus (a ground bug)
19 Sep 2017 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Male, swept off Purple Moor Grass among small birch
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Drymus sylvaticus (a ground bug)
1 Jun 2013 OSGR: SZ29 50° 40’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
female
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 2: Female - lateral view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 3: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - grey background
3: Drymus sylvaticus (a ground bug)
6 Mar 1972 OSGR: SE75 53° 60’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: South-east Yorks (VC 61) England
Image 1: Dorsal viewImage 2: Latero-dorsal view

Drymus sylvaticus (a ground bug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Drymus sylvaticus (a ground bug)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 8 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Drymus sylvaticus (a ground bug)
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