Philaenus spumarius quadrimaculatus
(a cuckoo-spit insect)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
FormPhilaenus spumarius quadrimaculatus (a cuckoo-spit insect)
SpeciesPhilaenus spumarius (Cuckoo-spit Insect)
FamilyAPHROPHORIDAE (a family of bugs)
SuperfamilyCICADOMORPHA (a superfamily of planthoppers)
SuborderAUCHENORRHYNCHA (a suborder of 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 Philaenus spumarius quadrimaculatus (a cuckoo-spit insect) :
1: Philaenus spumarius quadrimaculatus (a cuckoo-spit insect)
18 Jun 2011 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female, on Spear Thistle
Image 1: Female - abdomen - ventral view - magnifiedImage 2: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 3: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white background (2)Image 4: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 5: Female - head and thorax - ventral view - magnifiedImage 6: Female - latero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 7: Female - latero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - white background (2)Image 8: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - white background

Philaenus spumarius quadrimaculatus (a cuckoo-spit insect) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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