Canthophorus impressus Horváth, 1880
(Bastard Toadflax Shieldbug, Bastard-toadflax Bug)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCanthophorus impressus (Bastard Toadflax Shieldbug, Bastard-toadflax Bug)
FamilyCYDNIDAE (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 Canthophorus impressus (Bastard Toadflax Shieldbug, Bastard-toadflax Bug) :
1: Canthophorus impressus (Bastard Toadflax Shieldbug, Bastard-toadflax Bug)
10 Jul 1999 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
Swept off Bastard Toadflax
Image 1: Adult - dorsal viewImage 2: Adult - dorsal view (2)Image 3: Adult - ventral viewImage 4: Adult - ventral view (2)Image 5: Adult - ventral view (3)Image 6: Head and thorax - ventral viewImage 7: Head - dorsal viewImage 8: Thorax - ventral view

Canthophorus impressus (Bastard Toadflax Shieldbug, Bastard-toadflax Bug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Canthophorus impressus (Bastard Toadflax Shieldbug, Bastard-toadflax Bug)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Canthophorus impressus (Bastard Toadflax Shieldbug, Bastard-toadflax Bug)

Until recently recorded as S. dubius (Scopoli), it is now realised that our species is S. impressus.

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