Corixa punctata (Illiger, 1807)
(Punctate Corixa)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCorixa punctata (Punctate Corixa)
GenusCorixa (a genus of lesser waterboatmen)
FamilyCORIXIDAE (a family of lesser water boatmen)
SuperfamilyCORIXOIDEA (a superfamily of lesser water boatmen)
InfraorderNepomorpha (an infraorder of waterbugs)
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 Corixa punctata (Punctate Corixa) :
1: Corixa punctata (Punctate Corixa) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
28 Aug 2011 OSGR: SJ41 52° 40’ N, 2° 50’ W Vice County: Shrops (VC 40) England
Image 1: Adult - dorsal view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 2: Adult - head - ventral view - highly enlargedImage 3: Adult - legs outstretched - dorsal view - enlargedImage 4: Adult - legs outstretched - dorsal view - enlarged (2)Image 5: Adult - legs outstretched - dorsal view - enlarged (3)Image 6: Adult - legs outstretched - dorsal view - enlarged (4)Image 7: Adult - middle leg - tarsus and claw - magnifiedImage 8: Adult - ventral view - highly enlarged - white background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
() Blackburn, J. 1984 Characters for separating male Corixa punctata and C. panzeri Het News 3: 13.

Corixa punctata (Punctate Corixa) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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