Plagiognathus arbustorum (Fabricius, 1794)
(a plantbug or grassbug)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPlagiognathus arbustorum (a plantbug or grassbug)
GenusPlagiognathus (a genus of plantbugs)
TribePhylini (a tribe of capsid bugs)
SubfamilyPHYLINAE (a subfamily of capsid bugs)
FamilyMIRIDAE (capsid bugs, plant bugs, and grassbugs)
SuperfamilyMIROIDEA (a superfamily of bugs)
InfraorderCimicomorpha (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 Plagiognathus arbustorum (a plantbug or grassbug) :
1: Plagiognathus arbustorum (a plantbug or grassbug)
17 Jul 2018 OSGR: SU01 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Female and male, swept off Spear Thistle
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - close-up - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background

Plagiognathus arbustorum (a plantbug or grassbug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Plagiognathus arbustorum (a plantbug or grassbug)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 5 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Plagiognathus arbustorum (a plantbug or grassbug)
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