Megalonotus dilatatus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1840)
(a ground bug)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Megalonotus dilatatus (a ground bug)
Genus	Megalonotus (a genus of ground bugs)
Family	LYGAEIDAE (seed bugs or ground bugs)
Superfamily	LYGAEOIDEA (a superfamily of bugs)
Infraorder	Pentatomomorpha (an infraorder of bugs)
Suborder	HETEROPTERA (true bugs)
Order	HEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division	Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Megalonotus dilatatus is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Records of Megalonotus dilatatus (a ground bug) :
1: Megalonotus dilatatus (a ground bug)
12 Feb 2020	OSGR: SY99	50° 40’ N, 2° 0’ W	Vice County: Dorset (VC 9)	England
Male, in Purple Moorgrass tussock, under oak, by Reed swamp

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

LYGAEIDAE
(seed bugs or ground bugs)

Pentatomomorpha
(an infraorder of bugs)

HETEROPTERA
(true bugs)

HEMIPTERA
(bugs)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Megalonotus dilatatus (a ground bug)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Megalonotus dilatatus (a ground bug)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Megalonotus dilatatus is also a member of:

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