Temnostethus pusillus

Temnostethus pusillus is a true bug in the family Anthocoridae. The species is found in the West Palearctic. It is a small zoophage frequently occurring on ash or apple bark where it preys on aphids, leaf suckers, and scale insects (Coccidae) ^[1]

Temnostethus pusillus
Temnostethus pusillus depicted in Edward Saunders Hemiptera Heteroptera of the British Islands (figure 1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Anthocoridae
Genus:	Temnostethus
Species:	T. pusillus
Binomial name
Temnostethus pusillus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1835)