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BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)
BILATERIA
(bilaterally symmetrical animals)
PROTOSTOMIA
(protostomes)
ECDYSOZOA
(skin shedders)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
PTERYGOTA
(winged insects)
Neoptera
(an infraclass of insects)
Exopterygota
(insects with wings developing externally)
HEMIPTERA
(bugs)
ALYDIDAE
(ant bugs)
Alydidae
is also a member of:
Invertebrates
(via Arthropoda)

BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

ALYDIDAE (ant bugs)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #photos
Species Alydus calcaratus (Linnaeus) (an ant bug) 2

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Regional guides

Hawkins, R.D., 2003 Shieldbugs of Surrey

ALYDIDAE may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)		 Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)		 ANIMALIA
(animals)		 ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)		 INSECTA
(insects)		 HEMIPTERA
(bugs)

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 5 feeding and other relationships of ALYDIDAE (ant bugs)

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