ANTHOCORIDAE
(flower bugs)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Anthocoris
flower bugs
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 3 subtaxa 18 images 3 ident. refs
Orius
a genus of flower bugs
Female (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 3 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyANTHOCORIDAE (flower bugs)
SuperfamilyCIMICOIDEA (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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
() Rotheray, G.E. 1989 Aphid Predators Naturalists' Handbooks, 11, 77pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

ANTHOCORIDAE (flower bugs) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for ANTHOCORIDAE (flower bugs)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 68 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for ANTHOCORIDAE (flower bugs)
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