Lygus pratensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a plantbug or grassbug)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLygus pratensis (a plantbug or grassbug)
GenusLygus (a genus of capsids)
TribeMirini (a tribe of capsid bugs)
SubfamilyMIRINAE (a subfamily of capsid bugs and grass 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 Lygus pratensis (a plantbug or grassbug) :
1: Lygus pratensis (a plantbug or grassbug)
21 Jul 2018 OSGR: SY99 50° 50’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
male, swept off Creeping Thistle
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Wing - corium - close-up - microscope low magnificationImage 5: Wing - forewing - close-up - microscope low magnification
2: Lygus pratensis (a plantbug or grassbug)
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 - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - wings - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Wing - corium - close-up - microscope low magnificationImage 6: Wing - forewing - close-up - microscope low magnification
3: Lygus pratensis (a plantbug or grassbug)
14 Sep 2017 OSGR: SY98 50° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, by general sweeping in flowery fen meadow
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background

Lygus pratensis (a plantbug or grassbug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Lygus pratensis (a plantbug or grassbug)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Lygus pratensis (a plantbug or grassbug)
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