Ilyocoris cimicoides (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Saucer Bug)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesIlyocoris cimicoides (Saucer Bug)
FamilyNAUCORIDAE (saucer bugs, creeping water bugs)
SuperfamilyNAUCOROIDEA (a superfamily of waterbugs)
InfraorderNepomorpha (an infraorder of waterbugs)
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 Ilyocoris cimicoides (Saucer Bug) :
1: Ilyocoris cimicoides (Saucer Bug)
27 Aug 2011 OSGR: SJ41 52° 40’ N, 2° 50’ W Vice County: Shrops (VC 40) England
Image 1: Adult - dorsal view - enlargedImage 2: Adult - dorsal view - enlarged (2)Image 3: Adult - front three-quarter view - enlargedImage 4: Adult - head and raptorial fore-legs - closed - antero-ventral view - enlargedImage 5: Adult - head and raptorial fore-legs - open - antero-ventral view - enlargedImage 6: Adult - ventral view - enlarged - white background

Ilyocoris cimicoides (Saucer Bug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ilyocoris cimicoides (Saucer Bug)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Ilyocoris cimicoides (Saucer Bug)
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