Eurygaster testudinaria (Geoffroy, 1785)
(Tortoise Bug)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEurygaster testudinaria (Tortoise Bug)
GenusEurygaster (a genus of shieldbugs)
FamilySCUTELLERIDAE (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 Eurygaster testudinaria (Tortoise Bug) :
1: Eurygaster testudinaria (Tortoise Bug)
18 May 2020 OSGR: ST71 50° 50’ N, 2° 20’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, by general sweeping
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background
2: Eurygaster testudinaria (Tortoise Bug)
14 Sep 2017 OSGR: SY98 50° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, by general sweeping in flowery fen meadow
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - head and antennae - antero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - genital capsule - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - genital capsule - microscope low magnification - silver background (2)

Eurygaster testudinaria (Tortoise Bug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Eurygaster testudinaria (Tortoise Bug)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Eurygaster testudinaria (Tortoise Bug)
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