Gastrodes grossipes (DeGeer, 1773)
(Pine-cone Bug, Pine Cone Bug)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGastrodes grossipes (Pine-cone Bug, Pine Cone Bug)
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 Gastrodes grossipes (Pine-cone Bug, Pine Cone Bug) :
1: Gastrodes grossipes (Pine-cone Bug, Pine Cone Bug)
13 Feb 2005 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on felled Pine trunk
Image 1: Dorsal view - landscape - enlargedImage 2: Dorsal view - portrait - enlargedImage 3: Fore tibiae and rostrum - ventral - enlargedImage 4: Head, antennae and thorax - dorsal - enlargedImage 5: Ventral view - enlarged

Gastrodes grossipes (Pine-cone Bug, Pine Cone Bug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Gastrodes grossipes (Pine-cone Bug, Pine Cone Bug)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 6 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Gastrodes grossipes (Pine-cone Bug, Pine Cone Bug)
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