Macrosaldula scotica (Curtis, 1835)
(a shorebug)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMacrosaldula scotica (a shorebug)
FamilySALDIDAE (shorebugs)
SuperfamilySALDOIDEA (a superfamily of bugs)
InfraorderLeptopodomorpha (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 Macrosaldula scotica (a shorebug) :
1: Macrosaldula scotica (a shorebug)
16 Jul 2007 OSGR: SN78 52° 30’ N, 3° 50’ W Vice County: Cardigan (VC 46) Wales
on slatey beach on freshwater reservoir
Image 1: Dorsal view - enlargedImage 2: In situ - enlargedImage 3: Latero-dorsal view - enlarged

Macrosaldula scotica (a shorebug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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