Gonocerus acuteangulatus (Goeze, 1778)
(Box Bug)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGonocerus acuteangulatus (Box 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 Gonocerus acuteangulatus (Box Bug) :
1: Gonocerus acuteangulatus (Box Bug)
15 May 2016 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
in garden
Image 1: Adult - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Adult - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Adult - ventral view - enlarged - silver background
2: Gonocerus acuteangulatus (Box Bug)
29 Jun 2006 OSGR: TQ31 50° 50’ N, 0° 0’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
on White Bryony flower
Image 1: Dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 3: Dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - pale backgroundImage 4: Dorso-lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 5: Dorso-lateral view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 6: Dorso-lateral view - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 7: Dorso-lateral view - close-up - enlarged (4)Image 8: Dorso-lateral view - close-up - enlarged - pale backgroundImage 9: Dorso-lateral view - close-up - enlarged - pale background (2)Image 10: Lateral view - close-up - enlarged

Gonocerus acuteangulatus (Box Bug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Gonocerus acuteangulatus (Box Bug)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 5 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Gonocerus acuteangulatus (Box Bug)
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