Tingis cardui (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Spear Thistle Lacebug)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTingis cardui (Spear Thistle Lacebug)
GenusTingis (a genus of lacebugs)
FamilyTINGIDAE (lace bugs)
SuperfamilyTINGOIDEA (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 Tingis cardui (Spear Thistle Lacebug) :
1: Tingis cardui (Spear Thistle Lacebug)
17 Jul 2018 OSGR: SU01 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
1 male and 2 females on phyllaries of different heads of Spear Thistle . Photos: Male
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - ventral view - magnified - silver background
2: Tingis cardui (Spear Thistle Lacebug)
21 Jul 2011 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Females, on Spear Thistle capitula
Image 1: Female - dark form - dorsal view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 2: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 3: Female - pale form - dorsal view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 4: Female - ventral view - magnified - grey background
3: Tingis cardui (Spear Thistle Lacebug)
18 Jun 2011 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
on phyllaries of Spear Thistle
Image 1: Dorsal view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 2: Female - ventral view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 3: Lateral view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 4: Fore wing (left) - transmitted light - magnifiedImage 5: Hind wing (left) - transmitted light - magnifiedImage 6: Hind wing (left) - transmitted light - magnified (2)
4: Tingis cardui (Spear Thistle Lacebug)
6 Aug 2006 OSGR: SK15 53° 0’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Staffs (VC 39) England
imago with nymphs . Photos: Imago and nymph
Image 1: Adult and nymph - in situ - enlargedImage 2: Adult and nymph - in situ - enlarged (2)Image 3: Adult - close-up - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 4: Adult - close-up - highly enlarged - pale background (2)Image 5: Adult - in situ - close-up - highly enlargedImage 6: Adult - in situ - enlargedImage 7: Nymph - in situ - close-up - highly enlargedImage 8: Nymph - in situ - close-up - highly enlarged (2)
5: Tingis cardui (Spear Thistle Lacebug)
6 Aug 2006 OSGR: SK15 53° 0’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Staffs (VC 39) England
pale coloured imago
Image 1: Adult - in situ - close-up - highly enlargedImage 2: Adult - in situ - highly enlarged
6: Tingis cardui (Spear Thistle Lacebug)
27 Jul 2000 OSGR: SU56 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on Spear Thistle phyllaries
Image 1: Lacebugs on Spear Thistle (Inset: close-up)Image 2: Lacebugs on Spear ThistleImage 3: Adult - head & thorax - ventral view - magnifiedImage 4: Female - dorsal viewImage 5: Female - thorax, head, antennae - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 6: Female - ventral viewImage 7: Juvenile - dorsal view
7: Tingis cardui (Spear Thistle Lacebug)
25 May 1975 OSGR: TQ21 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
on Thistle
Image 1: Adult - dorsal viewImage 2: Adult - lateral view
8: Tingis cardui (Spear Thistle Lacebug)
3 Jun 1971 OSGR: TG10 52° 40’ N, 1° 10’ E Vice County: East Norfolk (VC 27) England
on Spear Thistle
Image 1: Adult - dorsal viewImage 2: Adult - dorsal view (2)Image 3: Adult - lateral view

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Redfern, M. 1968 The Natural History of Spear Thistle-heads Field Studies Vol 2, No 5: 669-717.

Tingis cardui (Spear Thistle Lacebug) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Tingis cardui (Spear Thistle Lacebug)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 6 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Tingis cardui (Spear Thistle Lacebug)
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