Notostira elongata (Geoffroy, 1785)
(a grassbug)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesNotostira elongata (a grassbug)
TribeStenodemini (grass 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 Notostira elongata (a grassbug) :
1: Notostira elongata (a grassbug)
4 Sep 2018 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
male (autumn generation), by general sweeping in rank grass
Image 1: Male - autumn generation - dark form - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Notostira elongata (a grassbug)
29 Aug 2018 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
male (autumn generation), by general sweeping in rank grass
Image 1: Male - antennal bases, head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - autumn generation - pale form - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - fore-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - ventral view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - ventral view - enlarged - silver background

Notostira elongata (a grassbug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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