Megalonotus emarginatus (Rey, 1888)
(a groundbug)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMegalonotus emarginatus (a groundbug)
GenusMegalonotus (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 Megalonotus emarginatus (a groundbug) :
1: Megalonotus emarginatus (a groundbug)
22 Apr 2017 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, on white painted garden wall
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - fore femur - ventral view - microscope low magnification - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - fore-leg - anterior view - microscope low magnification - silver background

Megalonotus emarginatus (a groundbug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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