Aphanisticus pusillus (Olivier, 1790)
(a jewel beetle)

Interactions where Aphanisticus pusillus 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
larva larva feeds on Schoenus nigricans Black Bog-rush Poales: Cyperaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Buprestidae/Aphanisticus pusillus/Aphanisticus pusillusa jewel beetlelarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Schoenus nigricans/Schoenus nigricansblack bog-rush
larva larva feeds on Juncus rushes Poales: Juncaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Buprestidae/Aphanisticus pusillus/Aphanisticus pusillusa jewel beetlelarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Juncus/Juncusrushes

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society

Aphanisticus pusillus (a jewel beetle) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Aphanisticus pusillus (a jewel beetle) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAphanisticus pusillus (a jewel beetle)
FamilyBUPRESTIDAE (jewel beetles)
SuperfamilyBUPRESTOIDEA (jewel beetles)
Series Elateriformia (click beetles and relatives)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
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 Aphanisticus pusillus (a jewel beetle)

Aphanisticus pusillus (a jewel beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Aphanisticus pusillus (a jewel beetle):

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