Cyphostethus tristriatus (Fabricius, 1787)
(Juniper Shieldbug)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCyphostethus tristriatus (Juniper Shieldbug)
FamilyACANTHOSOMATIDAE (a family of phytophagous 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 Cyphostethus tristriatus (Juniper Shieldbug) :
1: Cyphostethus tristriatus (Juniper Shieldbug)
13 Feb 2005 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, on felled Pine
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlargedImage 2: Female - head and antennae - dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 3: Female - head, pronotoum and antennae - dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 4: Female - ventral view - enlarged
2: Cyphostethus tristriatus (Juniper Shieldbug)
25 Jun 1999 OSGR: SU33 51° 10’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: North Hants (VC 12) England
Adult, beaten from Juniper. Found dead.
Image 1: Adult - dorsal viewImage 2: Adult - head - dorsal viewImage 3: Adult - head - ventral viewImage 4: Adult - ventral viewImage 5: Adult - ventral view - central area - close-up
3: Cyphostethus tristriatus (Juniper Shieldbug)
28 Jun 1998 OSGR: SU83 51° 10’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: North Hants (VC 12) England
on Lawson’s Cypress
Image 1: Adult - lateral viewsImage 2: Female and male - dorsal viewsImage 3: Female and male - ventral views

Cyphostethus tristriatus (Juniper Shieldbug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Cyphostethus tristriatus (Juniper Shieldbug)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 5 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Cyphostethus tristriatus (Juniper Shieldbug)
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