Legnotus limbosus (Geoffroy, 1785)
(a shieldbug)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLegnotus limbosus (a shieldbug)
FamilyCYDNIDAE (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 Legnotus limbosus (a shieldbug) :
1: Legnotus limbosus (a shieldbug)
27 May 2012 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
female, on windowsill, outdoors
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 2: Female - head and thorax - antero-dorsal view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 3: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - pale background

Legnotus limbosus (a shieldbug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Legnotus limbosus (a shieldbug)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 7 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Legnotus limbosus (a shieldbug)
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