ANTHOCORIDAE
(flower bugs)

Interactions where ANTHOCORIDAE 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 endoparasitoid host of larva Foreign Phasia pusilla a bug parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Phasia pusilla/Phasia pusillaa bug parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidForeign /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Anthocoridae/Anthocoridaeflower bugs larva is endoparasitoid of

Author & YearTitleSource
Belshaw, R., 1993Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 10, Part 4a(i), 169pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

ANTHOCORIDAE (flower bugs) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

ANTHOCORIDAE (flower bugs) 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
Acompocoris alpinus
a flower bug
Species 4 trophisms
Acompocoris pygmaeus
a flower bug
Species 4 trophisms
Anthocoris
flower bugs
Genus 6 subtaxa 19 trophisms 4 references
Cardiastethus fasciiventris
a flower bug
Species 6 trophisms
Dufouriellus ater
a flower bug
Species 2 trophisms
Elatophilus nigricornis
a flower bug
Species 2 trophisms
Lyctocoris campestris
The Debris Bug
Species 6 trophisms
Orius
a genus of flower bugs
Genus 3 subtaxa 15 trophisms
Temnostethus
a genus of flower bugs
Genus 2 subtaxa 2 trophisms
Xylocoris
a genus of flower bugs
Genus 3 subtaxa 7 trophisms
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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 ANTHOCORIDAE (flower bugs)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
() Rotheray, G.E. 1989 Aphid Predators Naturalists' Handbooks, 11, 77pp, The Richmond Publishing Co. Ltd

ANTHOCORIDAE (flower bugs) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to ANTHOCORIDAE (flower bugs):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 21 images of ANTHOCORIDAE (flower bugs)
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