Cymus melanocephalus Fieber, 1861
(a seedbug)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCymus melanocephalus (a seedbug)
GenusCymus (a genus of seedbugs)
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 Cymus melanocephalus (a seedbug) :
1: Cymus melanocephalus (a seedbug)
23 Jun 2018 OSGR: SY49 50° 40’ N, 2° 50’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, on patch of bare soil
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - ventral view - magnified - silver background
2: Cymus melanocephalus (a seedbug)
18 May 2018 OSGR: SU31 50° 60’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Female, swept off rushes beside ditch
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - ventral view - magnified - silver background
3: Cymus melanocephalus (a seedbug)
6 Jun 1998 OSGR: SU36 51° 20’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
brachypterous
Image 1: Dorsal viewImage 2: Ventral view
4: Cymus melanocephalus (a seedbug)
25 May 1998 OSGR: SU56 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Mating pair, swept from Heath Rush
Image 1: Dorsal viewImage 2: Lateral and oblique view
5: Cymus melanocephalus (a seedbug)
17 May 1997 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on Carex ?remota
Image 1: Dorsal view

Cymus melanocephalus (a seedbug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cymus melanocephalus (a seedbug)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Cymus melanocephalus (a seedbug)
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