Adelges Vallot, 1936
(pineapple gall, pseudo-cone and other woolly aphids)

Interactions where Adelges 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
causes gall of stem Picea spruces Pinales: Pinaceae Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls, Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Adelgidae/Adelges/Adelgespineapple gall, pseudo-cone and other woolly aphids Foodplant / gall /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea/Piceasprucesstem

Interactions where Adelges 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
is predated by female Myrmedobia exilis a minute bug Hemiptera: Microphysidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Microphysidae/Myrmedobia exilis/Myrmedobia exilisa minute bugfemale Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Adelgidae/Adelges/Adelgespineapple gall, pseudo-cone and other woolly aphids (7-8)female is predator of
(wine red to dark reddish brown) wine red to dark reddish brown may be infected by Zoophthora canadensis an entomophagous fungus Entomophthorales: Entomophthoraceae Key to the Species of Entomophthora sensu lato, Waterhouse, G.M. & Brady, B.L., 1982
 /Fungi/Zygomycota/Zygomycetes/Entomophthorales/Entomophthoraceae/Zoophthora canadensis/Zoophthora canadensisan entomophagous fungus Animal / pathogen /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Adelgidae/Adelges/Adelgespineapple gall, pseudo-cone and other woolly aphidswine red to dark reddish brown infects wine red to dark reddish brown

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.
Stubbs, F.B. (Editor), 1986Provisional Keys to British Plant Galls95pp, British Plant Gall Society (BPGS)
Waterhouse, G.M. & Brady, B.L., 1982Key to the Species of Entomophthora sensu latoBull. Br. mycol Soc. 16, 113-143, 1982 Bull. Br. mycol. Soc. 16 (2): 113-143.

Adelges (pineapple gall, pseudo-cone and other woolly aphids) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Adelges (pineapple gall, pseudo-cone and other woolly aphids) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Adelges laricis
a larch adelgid
Species 7 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusAdelges (pineapple gall, pseudo-cone and other woolly aphids)
FamilyADELGIDAE (woolly conifer aphids)
SuperfamilyPHYLLOXEROIDEA (phylloxerids)
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 Adelges (pineapple gall, pseudo-cone and other woolly aphids)

Adelges (pineapple gall, pseudo-cone and other woolly aphids) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Adelges (pineapple gall, pseudo-cone and other woolly aphids):

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