Loricula elegantula (Bärensprung, 1858)
(a minute bug)

Interactions where Loricula elegantula is the controlling partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
adult adult is predator of Acari mites Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Microphysidae/Loricula elegantula/Loricula elegantulaa minute bugadult Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Acari/Acarimites
nymph nymph is predator of Acari mites Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Microphysidae/Loricula elegantula/Loricula elegantulaa minute bugnymph Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Acari/Acarimites
adult adult is predator of COLLEMBOLA springtails Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Microphysidae/Loricula elegantula/Loricula elegantulaa minute bugadult Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Entognatha/Collembola/Collembolaspringtails
nymph nymph is predator of COLLEMBOLA springtails Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Microphysidae/Loricula elegantula/Loricula elegantulaa minute bugnymph Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Entognatha/Collembola/Collembolaspringtails
adult adult is predator of larva DIPTERA two-winged flies Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Microphysidae/Loricula elegantula/Loricula elegantulaa minute bugadult Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Dipteratwo-winged flieslarva
nymph nymph is predator of larva DIPTERA two-winged flies Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Microphysidae/Loricula elegantula/Loricula elegantulaa minute bugnymph Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Dipteratwo-winged flieslarva
adult adult is predator of PSOCOPTERA booklice and barklice or barkflies Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Microphysidae/Loricula elegantula/Loricula elegantulaa minute bugadult Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Psocoptera/Psocopterabooklice and barklice or barkflies
nymph nymph is predator of PSOCOPTERA booklice and barklice or barkflies Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Microphysidae/Loricula elegantula/Loricula elegantulaa minute bugnymph Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Psocoptera/Psocopterabooklice and barklice or barkflies
is associated with Major Parmelia a genus of leafy lichens Lecanorales: Parmeliaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Microphysidae/Loricula elegantula/Loricula elegantulaa minute bug Lichen / associate /Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Lecanorales/Parmeliaceae/Parmelia/Parmeliaa genus of leafy lichensMajor
is associated with [Lichenes] lichens Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Microphysidae/Loricula elegantula/Loricula elegantulaa minute bug Lichen / associate /Fungi/Lichenes/Licheneslichens

Loricula elegantula (a minute bug) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Loricula elegantula (a minute bug) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959Land and Water Bugs of the British IslesWayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLoricula elegantula (a minute bug)
GenusLoricula (a genus of minute bugs)
FamilyMICROPHYSIDAE (minute bugs)
SuperfamilyCIMICOIDEA (a superfamily of bugs)
InfraorderCimicomorpha (an infraorder of bugs)
SuborderHETEROPTERA (true bugs)
OrderHEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Loricula elegantula (a minute bug)

Loricula elegantula (a minute bug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Loricula elegantula (a minute bug):

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