Kleidocerys resedae (Panzer, 1797)
(Birch Catkin Bug)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesKleidocerys resedae (Birch Catkin Bug)
GenusKleidocerys (a genus of ground bugs)
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 Kleidocerys resedae (Birch Catkin Bug) :
1: Kleidocerys resedae (Birch Catkin Bug)
22 Feb 2003 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on freshly cut Birch stump oozing sap on heathland in sunshine
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - grey backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - wings open - magnified - pale backgroundImage 4: Female - ventral view - magnified - grey backgroundImage 5: Wings - magnified - grey background
2: Kleidocerys resedae (Birch Catkin Bug)
15 Feb 1998 OSGR: SU56 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
beaten from Oak
Image 1: Female - four views - grey background
3: Kleidocerys resedae (Birch Catkin Bug)
23 Aug 1997 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
at MV
Image 1: 3 views
4: Kleidocerys resedae (Birch Catkin Bug)
23 Aug 1997 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, at MV
Image 1: Male - three views
5: Kleidocerys resedae (Birch Catkin Bug)
24 May 1997 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, on Silver Birch catkin and leaf
Image 1: Male - dorsal viewImage 2: Male - ventral view

Kleidocerys resedae (Birch Catkin Bug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Kleidocerys resedae (Birch Catkin Bug)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 7 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Kleidocerys resedae (Birch Catkin Bug)
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