Stenodema laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a grassbug)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesStenodema laevigata (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 laevigata (a grassbug) :
1: Stenodema laevigata (a grassbug)
29 Aug 2018 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
2 males and 2 females, by general sweeping in rank grass
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - fore-parts - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background

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

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