Lygus rugulipennis Poppius, 1911
(European Tarnished Plant Bug)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLygus rugulipennis (European Tarnished Plant Bug)
GenusLygus (a genus of capsids)
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 Lygus rugulipennis (European Tarnished Plant Bug) :
1: Lygus rugulipennis (European Tarnished Plant Bug)
25 Aug 2018 OSGR: ST90 50° 50’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, swept off Mugwort
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Lygus rugulipennis (European Tarnished Plant Bug)
21 Jul 2018 OSGR: SY99 50° 50’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
male, swept off Creeping Thistle
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Wing - corium - close-up - microscope low magnificationImage 5: Wing - forewing - close-up - microscope low magnification
3: Lygus rugulipennis (European Tarnished Plant Bug)
15 Feb 1998 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
beaten from Gorse
Image 1: Two views
4: Lygus rugulipennis (European Tarnished Plant Bug)
7 Aug 1997 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
At lighted window, at night
Image 1: Three views

Lygus rugulipennis (European Tarnished Plant Bug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Lygus rugulipennis (European Tarnished Plant Bug)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Lygus rugulipennis (European Tarnished Plant Bug)
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