Eysarcoris venustissimus (Schrank, 1776)
(Woundwort Shieldbug)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEysarcoris venustissimus (Woundwort Shieldbug)
GenusEysarcoris (a genus of bugs)
FamilyPENTATOMIDAE (a family of shieldbugs)
SuperfamilyPENTATOMOIDEA (shieldbugs)
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 Eysarcoris venustissimus (Woundwort Shieldbug) :
1: Eysarcoris venustissimus (Woundwort Shieldbug)
25 May 2000 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on Woundwort
Image 1: Adult - dorsal viewImage 2: Adult - head and thorax - close-upImage 3: Adult - ventral view
2: Eysarcoris venustissimus (Woundwort Shieldbug)
8 Jun 1977 OSGR: SU83 51° 10’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: North Hants (VC 12) England
Image 1: Adult - anterior viewImage 2: Adult - dorsal viewImage 3: Adult - dorsal view (2)Image 4: Adult - lateral viewImage 5: Mating pair - dorsal viewImage 6: Mating pair - dorso-lateral view

Eysarcoris venustissimus (Woundwort Shieldbug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Eysarcoris venustissimus (Woundwort Shieldbug)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 5 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Eysarcoris venustissimus (Woundwort Shieldbug)
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