Peritrechus geniculatus (Hahn, 1832)
(a ground bug)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPeritrechus geniculatus (a ground bug)
GenusPeritrechus (a genus of ground bugs)
FamilyLYGAEIDAE (seed bugs or ground bugs)
SuperfamilyLYGAEOIDEA (a superfamily of bugs)
InfraorderPentatomomorpha (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 Peritrechus geniculatus (a ground bug) :
1: Peritrechus geniculatus (a ground bug)
12 Feb 2020 OSGR: SY99 50° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
2 females, in Purple Moorgrass tussock, under oak, by Reed swamp
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Peritrechus geniculatus (a ground bug)
7 Feb 2020 OSGR: SZ09 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
4 males, in Purple Moorgrass tussock
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background

Peritrechus geniculatus (a ground bug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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