-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

-Insects (Class Insecta)

-Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

-​True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and Allies (Order Hemiptera)

-True Bugs (Suborder Heteroptera)​

-Pentatomomorph Bugs (Infraorder Pentatomomorpha)

-Seed Bugs and Allies (Superfamily lygaeoidea)

-Stilt Bugs (Family Berytidae)

-Subfamily Metacanthinae

-Tribe Metacanthini

-Genus Jalysus

Jalysus is a genus of stilt bugs belonging to the family Berytidae, commonly referred to as stilt bugs. Members of this genus are slender, long-legged insects characterized by their delicate, stilt-like legs and their preference for feeding on plant sap and small arthropods.