Deraeocoris flavilinea (A. Costa, 1862)
(a plant bug)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDeraeocoris flavilinea (a plant bug)
GenusDeraeocoris (a genus of plant bugs)
SubfamilyDERAEOCORINAE (a subfamily of capsid bugs)
FamilyMIRIDAE (capsid bugs, plant bugs, and grassbugs)
SuperfamilyMIROIDEA (a superfamily of bugs)
InfraorderCimicomorpha (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 Deraeocoris flavilinea (a plant bug) :
1: Deraeocoris flavilinea (a plant bug)
8 Jul 2016 OSGR: SY98 50° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, on fence
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thoax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background

Deraeocoris flavilinea (a plant bug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Deraeocoris flavilinea (a plant bug)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Deraeocoris flavilinea (a plant bug)

First recorded in the UK in 1996, it has rapidly spread to become common across south and central Britain. The nymphs feed on Sycamore and Field Maple, but the adults can also be found on other trees and shrubs.

References:
Author & YearTitleSource
Bantock, T. & Botting, J.British Bugs - an online identification guide to UK Hemipterawww.britishbugs.org.uk/
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