RHOPALIDAE
(rhopalid bugs)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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Species 28 images 1 ident. refs
Species 1 ident. refs
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Species 7 images
Male (Click to open)
Genus 1 subtaxa 8 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyRHOPALIDAE (rhopalid bugs)
SuperfamilyCOREOIDEA (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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Southampton Natural History Society 2007 Shieldbugs of Southampton http://sotonnhs.org/publications.asp

Regional Guides

() Hawkins, R.D. 2003 Shieldbugs of Surrey Surrey Wildlife Atlas Project, 192pp, Surrey Wildlife Trust

RHOPALIDAE (rhopalid bugs) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for RHOPALIDAE (rhopalid bugs)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 35 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for RHOPALIDAE (rhopalid bugs)
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