Rhyparochromus pini (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a ground bug)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesRhyparochromus pini (a ground bug)
GenusRhyparochromus (a genus of ground bugs)
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 Rhyparochromus pini (a ground bug) :
1: Rhyparochromus pini (a ground bug)
21 Feb 2020 OSGR: SY99 50° 40’ N, 2° 10’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, in Purple Moor-grass tussock, under pine.
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Rhyparochromus pini (a ground bug)
18 May 2018 OSGR: SU31 50° 60’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Male, on bare peat
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background

Rhyparochromus pini (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 Rhyparochromus pini (a ground bug)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Rhyparochromus pini (a ground bug)
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