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Occurrence record: 40937295

Human observation of Piezodorus lituratus (Fabricius, 1794) | Gorse Shieldbug recorded on 2025-04-11
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Overview

Occurrence ID 40937295
Other catalogue numbers 01962520-a0cc-7000-a2dc-61bdc206bce1
Basis of record Human observation
Scientific name Piezodorus lituratus (Fabricius, 1794) - Gorse Shieldbug
Licence CC-BY
Record Date 2025-04-11 (Day)
Locality Lough Cranstal MWT Reserve
Location Grid Reference: NX45100241 Latitude: 54.393609999999995 Longitude: -4.3872
Recorded by Steven Crellin
Identification verification status Accepted - correct
Occurrence remarks On a gorse bush. One female was laying eggs.

Dataset

Data partner Terrestrial Heteroptera Recording Scheme (Shieldbugs & allied species)
Data resource Shieldbug and allied species records, from iRecord
Bibliographic citation Terrestrial Heteroptera Recording Scheme. [Date of download] Shieldbug records verified via iRecord.
Collection code iRecord | App

Abundance

Individual count 2–5

Organism

Life stage adult

Event

Occurrence date 2025-04-11
Date precision Day
Event date 2025-04-11
Event ID 29149119

Taxonomy

Scientific name Piezodorus lituratus (Fabricius, 1794)
Supplied scientific name "Piezodorus lituratus (Fabricius, 1794)"
Common name Gorse Shieldbug
Taxon rank species
Name match metric Taxon GUID match
The match was based on the supplied taxon concept ID rather than the scientific name.
Species Piezodorus lituratus
Genus Piezodorus
Family Pentatomidae
Order Hemiptera
Class Insecta
Phylum Arthropoda
Kingdom Animalia
Taxon ID NHMSYS0020309665
Taxonomic issue No issues
Habitat taxon terrestrial
Establishment means taxon Native
Scientific name authorship (Fabricius, 1794)

Geospatial

Country United Kingdom
State/Province Isle of Man
Locality Lough Cranstal MWT Reserve
Latitude (WGS84) 54.393609999999995
Longitude (WGS84) -4.3872
Geodetic datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty in meters 5.0
Grid size in meters 10
Grid reference NX45100241

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