Orius niger (Wolff, 1811)
(a flower bug)

Interactions where Orius niger 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
is predator of Tetranychus urticae Twospotted Spider Mite, Red Spider Mite Trombidiformes: Tetranychidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Anthocoridae/Orius (Orius) niger/Orius (Orius) nigera flower bug Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Trombidiformes/Tetranychidae/Tetranychus urticae/Tetranychus urticaetwospotted spider mite, red spider mite
is predator of Thrips a genus of thrips Thysanoptera: Thripidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Anthocoridae/Orius (Orius) niger/Orius (Orius) nigera flower bug Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Thysanoptera/Thripidae/Thrips/Thripsa genus of thrips
is associated with Major Artemisia vulgaris Mugwort Asterales: Asteraceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Anthocoridae/Orius (Orius) niger/Orius (Orius) nigera flower bug Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Artemisia vulgaris/Artemisia vulgarismugwortMajor
is associated with Calluna vulgaris Heather Ericales: Ericaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Anthocoridae/Orius (Orius) niger/Orius (Orius) nigera flower bug Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Calluna vulgaris/Calluna vulgarisheather
is associated with Erica bell heathers Ericales: Ericaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Anthocoridae/Orius (Orius) niger/Orius (Orius) nigera flower bug Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Erica/Ericabell heathers
is associated with [Herbaceous Plants] herbaceous plants Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Anthocoridae/Orius (Orius) niger/Orius (Orius) nigera flower bug Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Herbaceous Plants/Herbaceous Plantsherbaceous plants

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.

Orius niger (a flower bug) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Orius niger (a flower bug) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesOrius niger (a flower bug)
GenusOrius (a genus of flower bugs)
FamilyANTHOCORIDAE (flower 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 Orius niger (a flower bug)

Orius niger (a flower bug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Orius niger (a flower bug):

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