Phylus melanocephalus (Linnaeus, 1767)
(a plantbug)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPhylus melanocephalus (a plantbug)
GenusPhylus (a genus of plantbugs)
TribePhylini (a tribe of capsid bugs)
SubfamilyPHYLINAE (a subfamily of capsid bugs)
FamilyMIRIDAE (capsid bugs, plant bugs, and grassbugs)
SuperfamilyMIROIDEA (a superfamily of bugs)
InfraorderCimicomorpha (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 Phylus melanocephalus (a plantbug) :
1: Phylus melanocephalus (a plantbug)
10 Jun 2017 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, at light in the evening
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - natural backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - natural backgroundImage 3: Male - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - natural backgroundImage 4: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - natural background

Phylus melanocephalus (a plantbug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Phylus melanocephalus (a plantbug)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 6 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Phylus melanocephalus (a plantbug)
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