Macrodema micropterum (Curtis, 1836)
(a ground bug)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMacrodema micropterum (a ground 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 Macrodema micropterum (a ground bug) :
1: Macrodema micropterum (a ground bug)
19 Apr 2018 OSGR: SZ08 50° 40’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
4 males, near Wood Ant nest
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - ventral view - magnified - silver background

Macrodema micropterum (a ground bug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Macrodema micropterum (a ground bug)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Macrodema micropterum (a ground bug)
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