Aelia acuminata (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Bishop’s Mitre Shield-bug, Bishop’s Mitre)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAelia acuminata (Bishop’s Mitre Shield-bug, Bishop’s Mitre)
GenusAelia (bishop’s mitre bugs)
SubfamilyPENTATOMINAE (a subfamily of phytophagous shield bugs)
FamilyPENTATOMIDAE (a family of shieldbugs)
SuperfamilyPENTATOMOIDEA (shieldbugs)
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 Aelia acuminata (Bishop’s Mitre Shield-bug, Bishop’s Mitre) :
1: Aelia acuminata (Bishop’s Mitre Shield-bug, Bishop’s Mitre)
26 May 2012 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
sweeping Upright Brome
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - antero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - grey backgroundImage 4: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - pale background
2: Aelia acuminata (Bishop’s Mitre Shield-bug, Bishop’s Mitre)
24 May 1997 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on Creeping Thistle
Image 1: Male - dorsal viewImage 2: Male - ventral view

Aelia acuminata (Bishop’s Mitre Shield-bug, Bishop’s Mitre) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Aelia acuminata (Bishop’s Mitre Shield-bug, Bishop’s Mitre)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Aelia acuminata (Bishop’s Mitre Shield-bug, Bishop’s Mitre)
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