Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Neoptera Hemipteroid assemblage Hemiptera Heteroptera Pentatomorpha Trichophora Pentatomoidea Pentatomidae Pentatominae Carpocoris purpureipennis

Very similar species: C. pudicus (Red List 2/3 in D), can only be distinguished by a morphologic examination of the genitals.