Apolygus lucorum (Meyer-Dür, 1843)
(a capsid bug)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesApolygus lucorum (a capsid bug)
TribeMirini (a tribe of capsid bugs)
SubfamilyMIRINAE (a subfamily of capsid bugs and grass 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 Apolygus lucorum (a capsid bug) :
1: Apolygus lucorum (a capsid bug)
21 Jul 2018 OSGR: SY99 50° 50’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, swept off Creeping Thistle
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - ventral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Apolygus lucorum (a capsid bug)
8 Aug 1997 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
at MV
Image 1: Top view, side view and underside

Apolygus lucorum (a capsid bug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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