RHOPALIDAE
(rhopalid bugs)

Subtaxon	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Corizus hyoscyami a rhopalid bug	Species		28 images	1 ident. refs
Liorhyssus hyalinus Scentless Plant Bug	Species			1 ident. refs
Myrmus miriformis a rhopalid bug	Species		7 images
Rhopalus a genus of rhopalid bugs	Genus	1 subtaxa	8 images

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Family	RHOPALIDAE (rhopalid bugs)
Superfamily	COREOIDEA (a superfamily of bugs)
Infraorder	Pentatomomorpha (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)

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

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Southampton Natural History Society	2007	Shieldbugs of Southampton	http://sotonnhs.org/publications.asp
Regional Guides
()	Hawkins, R.D.	2003	Shieldbugs of Surrey	Surrey Wildlife Atlas Project, 192pp, Surrey Wildlife Trust

RHOPALIDAE (rhopalid bugs) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Pentatomomorpha
(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 RHOPALIDAE (rhopalid bugs)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 35 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for RHOPALIDAE (rhopalid bugs)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

RHOPALIDAE is also a member of:

Identification Works

Regional Guides

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)