Stictopleurus abutilon (Rossi, 1790)
(a rhopalid bug)

Interactions where Stictopleurus abutilon 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
sucks sap of Foreign ASTERACEAE daisies, dandelions and thistles, composite Asterales Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Rhopalidae/Stictopleurus abutilon/Stictopleurus abutilona rhopalid bug Foodplant / sap suckerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Asteraceaedaisies, dandelions and thistles, composite
sucks sap of Foreign Senecio viscosus Sticky Groundsel Asterales: Asteraceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Rhopalidae/Stictopleurus abutilon/Stictopleurus abutilona rhopalid bug Foodplant / sap suckerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio viscosus/Senecio viscosussticky groundsel

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.

Stictopleurus abutilon (a rhopalid bug) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Stictopleurus abutilon (a rhopalid bug) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesStictopleurus abutilon (a rhopalid bug)
GenusStictopleurus (a genus of rhopalid bugs)
FamilyRHOPALIDAE (rhopalid bugs)
SuperfamilyCOREOIDEA (a superfamily of bugs)
InfraorderPentatomomorpha (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 Stictopleurus abutilon (a rhopalid bug)

Stictopleurus abutilon (a rhopalid bug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Stictopleurus abutilon (a rhopalid bug):

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