Scolopostethus thomsoni Reuter, 1874
(a ground bug)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesScolopostethus thomsoni (a ground bug)
GenusScolopostethus (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 Scolopostethus thomsoni (a ground bug) :
1: Scolopostethus thomsoni (a ground bug)
12 Jul 2017 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Mating pair, by general sweeping
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - ventral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - fore femur - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - ventral view - magnified - silver background

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