Tingis ampliata (Herrich-Schäffer, 1838)
(Creeping Thistle Lacebug)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTingis ampliata (Creeping Thistle Lacebug)
GenusTingis (a genus of lacebugs)
FamilyTINGIDAE (lace bugs)
SuperfamilyTINGOIDEA (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 Tingis ampliata (Creeping Thistle Lacebug) :
1: Tingis ampliata (Creeping Thistle Lacebug)
24 May 2000 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on Comfrey
Image 1: Adult - dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Adult - head & antennae - dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 3: Adult - head and thorax - dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 4: Adult - vead & thorax - ventral view - close-up - enlargedImage 5: Female - ventral view - close-up - enlargedImage 6: Wings - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged
2: Tingis ampliata (Creeping Thistle Lacebug)
4 Jun 1975 OSGR: SU86 51° 20’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Adult - dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Adult - dorso-lateral view - close-up - enlarged
3: Tingis ampliata (Creeping Thistle Lacebug)
6 Jun 1971 OSGR: TG10 52° 40’ N, 1° 10’ E Vice County: East Norfolk (VC 27) England
on Creeping Thistle
Image 1: Adult - dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Adult - lateral view - close-up - enlarged

Tingis ampliata (Creeping Thistle Lacebug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Tingis ampliata (Creeping Thistle Lacebug)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Tingis ampliata (Creeping Thistle Lacebug)
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