Rhacognathus punctatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Heather Bug, Heather Shieldbug)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesRhacognathus punctatus (Heather Bug, Heather Shieldbug)
SubfamilyAMYOTEINAE (predatory shieldbugs)
FamilyPENTATOMIDAE (a family of shieldbugs)
SuperfamilyPENTATOMOIDEA (shieldbugs)
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 Rhacognathus punctatus (Heather Bug, Heather Shieldbug) :
1: Rhacognathus punctatus (Heather Bug, Heather Shieldbug)
13 Aug 1998 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Teneral, swept from Heather area
Image 1: Teneral male - dorsal viewImage 2: Teneral male - ventral view

Rhacognathus punctatus (Heather Bug, Heather Shieldbug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Rhacognathus punctatus (Heather Bug, Heather Shieldbug)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Rhacognathus punctatus (Heather Bug, Heather Shieldbug)
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