Megacoelum beckeri (Fieber, 1870)
(a capsid bug)

Interactions where Megacoelum beckeri is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction 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 sucks sap of UK/Ireland Chamaecyparis lawsoniana Lawson’s Cypress Pinales: Cupressaceae Megacoelum beckeri (Fieber) (Hem: Miridae) associated with Cypress Trees, Denton, J., 2011
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Megacoelum beckeri/Megacoelum beckeria capsid bugadult Foodplant / sap suckerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/Chamaecyparis lawsoniana/Chamaecyparis lawsonianaLawson's cypress
nymph nymph sucks sap of UK/Ireland Chamaecyparis lawsoniana Lawson’s Cypress Pinales: Cupressaceae Megacoelum beckeri (Fieber) (Hem: Miridae) associated with Cypress Trees, Denton, J., 2011
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Megacoelum beckeri/Megacoelum beckeria capsid bugnymph Foodplant / sap suckerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/Chamaecyparis lawsoniana/Chamaecyparis lawsonianaLawson's cypress
adult adult sucks sap of UK/Ireland Cupressus macrocarpa Monterey Cypress Pinales: Cupressaceae Megacoelum beckeri (Fieber) (Hem: Miridae) associated with Cypress Trees, Denton, J., 2011
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Megacoelum beckeri/Megacoelum beckeria capsid bugadult Foodplant / sap suckerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/Cupressus macrocarpa/Cupressus macrocarpaMonterey cypress
nymph nymph sucks sap of UK/Ireland Cupressus macrocarpa Monterey Cypress Pinales: Cupressaceae Megacoelum beckeri (Fieber) (Hem: Miridae) associated with Cypress Trees, Denton, J., 2011
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Megacoelum beckeri/Megacoelum beckeria capsid bugnymph Foodplant / sap suckerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/Cupressus macrocarpa/Cupressus macrocarpaMonterey cypress

Author & YearTitleSource
Denton, J., 2011Megacoelum beckeri (Fieber) (Hem: Miridae) associated with Cypress TreesBr. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 24 (4): 216.

Megacoelum beckeri (a capsid bug) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Megacoelum beckeri (a capsid bug) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMegacoelum beckeri (a capsid bug)
TribeMirini (a tribe of capsid bugs)
SubfamilyMIRINAE (a subfamily of capsid bugs and grass bugs)
FamilyMIRIDAE (capsid bugs, plant bugs, and grassbugs)
SuperfamilyMIROIDEA (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 Megacoelum beckeri (a capsid bug)

Megacoelum beckeri (a capsid bug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Denton, J. 2011 Megacoelum beckeri (Fieber) (Hem: Miridae) associated with Cypress Trees Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 24 (4): 216.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Megacoelum beckeri (a capsid bug):

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