Systellonotus triguttatus (Linnaeus, 1767)
(a plantbug or grassbug)

Interactions where Systellonotus triguttatus 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 feeds on dead dead FORMICOIDEA ants Hymenoptera Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Systellonotus triguttatus/Systellonotus triguttatusa plantbug or grassbugadult Animal / carrion / dead animal feeder /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Formicoidea/Formicoideaantsdead (late 5-mid 8)
adult adult is predator of pupa FORMICOIDEA ants Hymenoptera Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Systellonotus triguttatus/Systellonotus triguttatusa plantbug or grassbugadult Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Formicoidea/Formicoideaantspupa (late 5-mid 8)
nymph nymph feeds on dead dead FORMICOIDEA ants Hymenoptera Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Systellonotus triguttatus/Systellonotus triguttatusa plantbug or grassbugnymph Animal / carrion / dead animal feeder /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Formicoidea/Formicoideaantsdead
nymph nymph is predator of pupa FORMICOIDEA ants Hymenoptera Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Systellonotus triguttatus/Systellonotus triguttatusa plantbug or grassbugnymph Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Formicoidea/Formicoideaantspupa
adult adult is associated with Formica fusca Negro Ant Hymenoptera: Formicidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Systellonotus triguttatus/Systellonotus triguttatusa plantbug or grassbugadult Animal / associate /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Formicidae/Formica fusca/Formica fuscanegro ant (late 5-mid 8)
nymph nymph is associated with Formica fusca Negro Ant Hymenoptera: Formicidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Systellonotus triguttatus/Systellonotus triguttatusa plantbug or grassbugnymph Animal / associate /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Formicidae/Formica fusca/Formica fuscanegro ant
adult adult is associated with [Lasius niger s.l.] small black ants Hymenoptera: Formicidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Systellonotus triguttatus/Systellonotus triguttatusa plantbug or grassbugadult Animal / associate /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Formicidae/Lasius niger s.l./Lasius niger s.l.small black ants (late 5-mid 8)
nymph nymph is associated with [Lasius niger s.l.] small black ants Hymenoptera: Formicidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Systellonotus triguttatus/Systellonotus triguttatusa plantbug or grassbugnymph Animal / associate /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Formicidae/Lasius niger s.l./Lasius niger s.l.small black ants
adult adult feeds on animal debris honeydew APHIDOIDEA aphids Hemiptera Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Systellonotus triguttatus/Systellonotus triguttatusa plantbug or grassbugadult Animal / dung / debris saprobe /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphidoidea/Aphidoideaaphidshoneydew (late 5-mid 8)
adult adult is predator of APHIDOIDEA aphids Hemiptera Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Systellonotus triguttatus/Systellonotus triguttatusa plantbug or grassbugadult Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphidoidea/Aphidoideaaphids (late 5-mid 8)
nymph nymph feeds on animal debris honeydew APHIDOIDEA aphids Hemiptera Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Systellonotus triguttatus/Systellonotus triguttatusa plantbug or grassbugnymph Animal / dung / debris saprobe /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphidoidea/Aphidoideaaphidshoneydew
nymph nymph is predator of APHIDOIDEA aphids Hemiptera Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Systellonotus triguttatus/Systellonotus triguttatusa plantbug or grassbugnymph Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphidoidea/Aphidoideaaphids
adult adult is predator of Chaitophorus salicivorus a hairy aphid Hemiptera: Aphididae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Systellonotus triguttatus/Systellonotus triguttatusa plantbug or grassbugadult Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Chaitophorus salicivorus/Chaitophorus salicivorusa hairy aphid (late 5-mid 8)
nymph nymph is predator of Chaitophorus salicivorus a hairy aphid Hemiptera: Aphididae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Systellonotus triguttatus/Systellonotus triguttatusa plantbug or grassbugnymph Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Chaitophorus salicivorus/Chaitophorus salicivorusa hairy aphid
adult adult sucks sap of bud (young) Calluna vulgaris Heather Ericales: Ericaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Systellonotus triguttatus/Systellonotus triguttatusa plantbug or grassbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Calluna vulgaris/Calluna vulgarisheatherbud (young) (late 5-mid 8)
adult adult sucks sap of fruit (unripe) Calluna vulgaris Heather Ericales: Ericaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Systellonotus triguttatus/Systellonotus triguttatusa plantbug or grassbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Calluna vulgaris/Calluna vulgarisheatherfruit (unripe) (late 5-mid 8)
adult adult sucks sap of shoot Calluna vulgaris Heather Ericales: Ericaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Systellonotus triguttatus/Systellonotus triguttatusa plantbug or grassbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Calluna vulgaris/Calluna vulgarisheathershoot (late 5-mid 8)
nymph nymph sucks sap of bud (young) Calluna vulgaris Heather Ericales: Ericaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Systellonotus triguttatus/Systellonotus triguttatusa plantbug or grassbugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Calluna vulgaris/Calluna vulgarisheatherbud (young)
nymph nymph sucks sap of shoot Calluna vulgaris Heather Ericales: Ericaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Systellonotus triguttatus/Systellonotus triguttatusa plantbug or grassbugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Calluna vulgaris/Calluna vulgarisheathershoot
nymph nymph sucks sap of fruit (unripe) Calluna vulgaris Heather Ericales: Ericaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Systellonotus triguttatus/Systellonotus triguttatusa plantbug or grassbugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Calluna vulgaris/Calluna vulgarisheatherfruit (unripe)
adult adult sucks sap of bud (young) Salix repens Creeping Willow Malpighiales: Salicaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Systellonotus triguttatus/Systellonotus triguttatusa plantbug or grassbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix repens/Salix repenscreeping willowbud (young) (late 5-mid 8)
adult adult sucks sap of gall Salix repens Creeping Willow Malpighiales: Salicaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Systellonotus triguttatus/Systellonotus triguttatusa plantbug or grassbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix repens/Salix repenscreeping willowgall (late 5-mid 8)
adult adult sucks sap of shoot Salix repens Creeping Willow Malpighiales: Salicaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Systellonotus triguttatus/Systellonotus triguttatusa plantbug or grassbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix repens/Salix repenscreeping willowshoot (late 5-mid 8)
adult adult sucks sap of fruit (unripe) Salix repens Creeping Willow Malpighiales: Salicaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Systellonotus triguttatus/Systellonotus triguttatusa plantbug or grassbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix repens/Salix repenscreeping willowfruit (unripe) (late 5-mid 8)
nymph nymph sucks sap of bud (young) Salix repens Creeping Willow Malpighiales: Salicaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Systellonotus triguttatus/Systellonotus triguttatusa plantbug or grassbugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix repens/Salix repenscreeping willowbud (young)
nymph nymph sucks sap of shoot Salix repens Creeping Willow Malpighiales: Salicaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Systellonotus triguttatus/Systellonotus triguttatusa plantbug or grassbugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix repens/Salix repenscreeping willowshoot
nymph nymph sucks sap of fruit (unripe) Salix repens Creeping Willow Malpighiales: Salicaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Systellonotus triguttatus/Systellonotus triguttatusa plantbug or grassbugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix repens/Salix repenscreeping willowfruit (unripe)
nymph nymph sucks sap of gall Salix repens Creeping Willow Malpighiales: Salicaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Systellonotus triguttatus/Systellonotus triguttatusa plantbug or grassbugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix repens/Salix repenscreeping willowgall
adult adult sucks sap of bud (young) Festuca ovina agg. sheep’s fescue agg. Poales: Poaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Systellonotus triguttatus/Systellonotus triguttatusa plantbug or grassbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca ovina agg./Festuca ovina agg.sheep's fescue agg.bud (young) (late 5-mid 8)
adult adult sucks sap of shoot Festuca ovina agg. sheep’s fescue agg. Poales: Poaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Systellonotus triguttatus/Systellonotus triguttatusa plantbug or grassbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca ovina agg./Festuca ovina agg.sheep's fescue agg.shoot (late 5-mid 8)
adult adult sucks sap of fruit (unripe) Festuca ovina agg. sheep’s fescue agg. Poales: Poaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Systellonotus triguttatus/Systellonotus triguttatusa plantbug or grassbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca ovina agg./Festuca ovina agg.sheep's fescue agg.fruit (unripe) (late 5-mid 8)
nymph nymph sucks sap of bud (young) Festuca ovina agg. sheep’s fescue agg. Poales: Poaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Systellonotus triguttatus/Systellonotus triguttatusa plantbug or grassbugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca ovina agg./Festuca ovina agg.sheep's fescue agg.bud (young)
nymph nymph sucks sap of shoot Festuca ovina agg. sheep’s fescue agg. Poales: Poaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Systellonotus triguttatus/Systellonotus triguttatusa plantbug or grassbugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca ovina agg./Festuca ovina agg.sheep's fescue agg.shoot
nymph nymph sucks sap of fruit (unripe) Festuca ovina agg. sheep’s fescue agg. Poales: Poaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Systellonotus triguttatus/Systellonotus triguttatusa plantbug or grassbugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Festuca ovina agg./Festuca ovina agg.sheep's fescue agg.fruit (unripe)

Systellonotus triguttatus (a plantbug or grassbug) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Systellonotus triguttatus (a plantbug or grassbug) 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:
SpeciesSystellonotus triguttatus (a plantbug or grassbug)
TribeHallodapini (a tribe of psallid bugs)
SubfamilyPHYLINAE (a subfamily of capsid 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 Systellonotus triguttatus (a plantbug or grassbug)

Systellonotus triguttatus (a plantbug or grassbug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Systellonotus triguttatus (a plantbug or grassbug):

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