Trapezonotus arenarius (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a ground bug)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTrapezonotus arenarius (a ground bug)
GenusTrapezonotus (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 Trapezonotus arenarius (a ground bug) :
1: Trapezonotus arenarius (a ground bug)
19 May 2007 OSGR: TF84 52° 60’ N, 0° 50’ E Vice County: West Norfolk (VC 28) England
Several small seed bugs running about on sand . Photos: Female brachypter, in situ and close-ups of specimen
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Trapezonotus arenarius (a ground bug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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