Sehirus luctuosus Mulsant & Rey, 1866
(Forget-me-not Shieldbug)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSehirus luctuosus (Forget-me-not Shieldbug)
GenusSehirus (a genus of shieldbugs)
FamilyCYDNIDAE (a family of shieldbugs)
SuperfamilyPENTATOMOIDEA (shieldbugs)
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 Sehirus luctuosus (Forget-me-not Shieldbug) :
1: Sehirus luctuosus (Forget-me-not Shieldbug)
15 Jul 2000 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on Viper’s Bugloss
Image 1: Adult - dorsal viewImage 2: Adult - dorsal view (2)Image 3: Adult - dorsal view - close-upImage 4: Adult - head & thorax - ventral view - close-upImage 5: Adult - ventral viewImage 6: Adult - ventral view (2)

Sehirus luctuosus (Forget-me-not Shieldbug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Sehirus luctuosus (Forget-me-not Shieldbug)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 6 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Sehirus luctuosus (Forget-me-not Shieldbug)
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