Scolopostethus grandis Horváth, 1881
(a ground bug)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesScolopostethus grandis (a ground bug)
GenusScolopostethus (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 Scolopostethus grandis (a ground bug) :
1: Scolopostethus grandis (a ground bug)
20 May 2017 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male and female in aphidophagous hoverfly rearing pot (contents all from garden)
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver background (2)Image 4: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver background (2)Image 7: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - thorax and rostrum - lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - thorax and rostrum - ventro-lateral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - thorax - ventral view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - thorax - ventral view - close-up - magnified - silver background (2)

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

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