Graptopeltus lynceus (Fabricius, 1775)
(a ground bug)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGraptopeltus lynceus (a ground bug)
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 Graptopeltus lynceus (a ground bug) :
1: Graptopeltus lynceus (a ground bug)
19 May 2007 OSGR: TF84 52° 60’ N, 0° 50’ E Vice County: West Norfolk (VC 28) England
Seed bug running about on sand
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlargedImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged (2)Image 3: Female - dorsal view - enlarged (3)Image 4: Female - dorsal view - enlarged (4)Image 5: Female - dorsal view - enlarged (5)Image 6: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 7: Female - fore femur - anterior view - magnifiedImage 8: Female - head, antennae and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 9: Female - latero-dorsal view - enlargedImage 10: Female - latero-dorsal view - enlarged (2)Image 11: Female - latero-dorsal view - enlarged (3)Image 12: Female - latero-dorsal view - enlarged (4)Image 13: Female - latero-dorsal view - enlarged (5)Image 14: Female - postero-dorsal view - enlargedImage 15: Female - postero-dorsal view - enlarged (2)Image 16: Female - postero-dorsal view - enlarged (3)Image 17: Female - under vegetation - close-up - enlargedImage 18: Female - under vegetation - enlargedImage 19: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - grey background

Graptopeltus lynceus (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 Graptopeltus lynceus (a ground bug)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 6 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Graptopeltus lynceus (a ground bug)
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