Thecabius affinis (Kaltenbach, 1843)
(an aphid)

Interactions where Thecabius affinis 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
fundatrigenia fundatrigenia causes gall of live, down-folded leaf Populus poplars Malpighiales: Salicaceae Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962, Fjelddalen, J., 1964
Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Thecabius (Thecabius) affinis/Thecabius (Thecabius) affinisan aphidfundatrigenia Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus/Populuspoplarslive, down-foldedleaf
fundatrix fundatrix causes gall of live, down-folded leaf Populus poplars Malpighiales: Salicaceae Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962, Fjelddalen, J., 1964
Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Thecabius (Thecabius) affinis/Thecabius (Thecabius) affinisan aphidfundatrix Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus/Populuspoplarslive, down-foldedleaf
fundatrigenia fundatrigenia causes gall of live, down-folded leaf Foreign Populus nigra ’Italica’ Lombardy-poplar, Female Lombardy Poplar Malpighiales: Salicaceae Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962, Fjelddalen, J., 1964
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Thecabius (Thecabius) affinis/Thecabius (Thecabius) affinisan aphidfundatrigenia Foodplant / gallForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra 'Italica'/Populus nigra 'Italica'Lombardy-poplar, female Lombardy poplarlive, down-foldedleaf
fundatrix fundatrix causes gall of live, down-folded leaf Foreign Populus nigra ’Italica’ Lombardy-poplar, Female Lombardy Poplar Malpighiales: Salicaceae Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962, Fjelddalen, J., 1964
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Thecabius (Thecabius) affinis/Thecabius (Thecabius) affinisan aphidfundatrix Foodplant / gallForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra 'Italica'/Populus nigra 'Italica'Lombardy-poplar, female Lombardy poplarlive, down-foldedleaf
fundatrigenia fundatrigenia causes gall of live, down-folded leaf Foreign Populus nigra x laurifolia = P. x berolinensis berlin poplar Malpighiales: Salicaceae Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962, Fjelddalen, J., 1964
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Thecabius (Thecabius) affinis/Thecabius (Thecabius) affinisan aphidfundatrigenia Foodplant / gallForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra x laurifolia = P. x berolinensis/Populus nigra x laurifolia = P. x berolinensisberlin poplarlive, down-foldedleaf
fundatrix fundatrix causes gall of live, down-folded leaf Foreign Populus nigra x laurifolia = P. x berolinensis berlin poplar Malpighiales: Salicaceae Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962, Fjelddalen, J., 1964
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Thecabius (Thecabius) affinis/Thecabius (Thecabius) affinisan aphidfundatrix Foodplant / gallForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Populus nigra x laurifolia = P. x berolinensis/Populus nigra x laurifolia = P. x berolinensisberlin poplarlive, down-foldedleaf
sucks sap of live leaf Foreign Ranunculus repens Creeping Buttercup Ranunculales: Ranunculaceae Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962, Fjelddalen, J., 1964
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Thecabius (Thecabius) affinis/Thecabius (Thecabius) affinisan aphid Foodplant / sap suckerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ranunculales/Ranunculaceae/Ranunculus repens/Ranunculus repenscreeping buttercupliveleaf (summer)

Interactions where Thecabius affinis is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

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

Filters:

Affected Part 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 Summary
gall (old) old gall may attract colony Chaitophorus leucomelas a hairy aphid Hemiptera: Aphididae Homoptera - Aphidoidea (Part): Chaitophoridae & Callaphididae, Stroyan, H.L.G., 1977
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Chaitophorus leucomelas/Chaitophorus leucomelasa hairy aphidcolony Animal / associate /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Thecabius (Thecabius) affinis/Thecabius (Thecabius) affinisan aphidoldgall colony is associated with old gall

Author & YearTitleSource
Fjelddalen, J., 1964Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962Norsk. Ent. Tidskr. 12: 259-295.
Stroyan, H.L.G., 1977Homoptera - Aphidoidea (Part): Chaitophoridae & CallaphididaeHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 2, Part 4(a), 130pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)

Thecabius affinis (an aphid) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Thecabius affinis (an aphid) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesThecabius affinis (an aphid)
GenusThecabius (a genus of aphids)
FamilyAPHIDIDAE (greenfly)
SuperfamilyAPHIDOIDEA (aphids)
SuborderSTERNORRHYNCHA (a suborder of 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 Thecabius affinis (an aphid)

Thecabius affinis (an aphid) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Thecabius affinis (an aphid):

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