Hypseloecus visci (Puton, 1888)
(a mistletoe bug)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Hypseloecus visci (a mistletoe bug)
Tribe	Pilophorini (a tribe of capsid bugs)
Subfamily	PHYLINAE (a subfamily of capsid bugs)
Family	MIRIDAE (capsid bugs, plant bugs, and grassbugs)
Superfamily	MIROIDEA (a superfamily of bugs)
Infraorder	Cimicomorpha (an infraorder of bugs)
Suborder	HETEROPTERA (true bugs)
Order	HEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division	Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Hypseloecus visci is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Briggs, J.	2011	Mistletoe - a review of its distribution, conservation and insect associates	British Wildlife Vol 23 (1): 23-31.
	Gibbs, D. & Nau, B.	2005	Hypseloecus visci (Purton) (Hemiptera: Miridae) a mistletoe bug new to Britain	Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 18: 159-162.

Hypseloecus visci (a mistletoe bug) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

MIRIDAE
(capsid bugs, plant bugs, and grassbugs)

Cimicomorpha
(an infraorder of bugs)

HETEROPTERA
(true bugs)

HEMIPTERA
(bugs)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Hypseloecus visci (a mistletoe bug)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Hypseloecus visci (a mistletoe bug)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Hypseloecus visci is also a member of:

Identification Works

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