Stenodema calcarata (Fallén, 1807)
(a grassbug)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesStenodema calcarata (a grassbug)
GenusStenodema (a genus of grassbugs)
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 Stenodema calcarata (a grassbug) :
1: Stenodema calcarata (a grassbug)
19 Aug 2017 OSGR: SY98 50° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, swept off mixed flowery herbage in small fen
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Spines on ventral face of hind tibia - microscope low magnification - silver background
2: Stenodema calcarata (a grassbug) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
19 Mar 1974 OSGR: SE75 54° 0’ N, 0° 50’ W England
in grass of roadside verge
Image 1: Adult - dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 2: Adult - dorsal view - highly enlarged (2)Image 3: Adult - ventral view - highly enlarged

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

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