Brachycaudus spiraeae (Oestl.)
(an aphid)

Interactions where Brachycaudus spiraeae 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
(clustered)		clustered sucks sap of live leaf (terminal)			Spiraea cantoniensis x trilobata = S. x vanhouttei	Van Houtte’s spiraea	Rosales: Rosaceae	Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962, Fjelddalen, J., 1964	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Brachycaudus spiraeae/	Brachycaudus spiraeae	an aphid		clustered			Foodplant / sap sucker		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Spiraea cantoniensis x trilobata = S. x vanhouttei/	Spiraea cantoniensis x trilobata = S. x vanhouttei	Van Houtte's spiraea		live	leaf (terminal)
(clustered)		clustered sucks sap of live growing point			Spiraea cantoniensis x trilobata = S. x vanhouttei	Van Houtte’s spiraea	Rosales: Rosaceae	Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962, Fjelddalen, J., 1964	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Brachycaudus spiraeae/	Brachycaudus spiraeae	an aphid		clustered			Foodplant / sap sucker		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Spiraea cantoniensis x trilobata = S. x vanhouttei/	Spiraea cantoniensis x trilobata = S. x vanhouttei	Van Houtte's spiraea		live	growing point
(clustered)		clustered sucks sap of live leaf (terminal)			Spiraea salicifolia	Bridewort	Rosales: Rosaceae	Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962, Fjelddalen, J., 1964	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Brachycaudus spiraeae/	Brachycaudus spiraeae	an aphid		clustered			Foodplant / sap sucker		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Spiraea salicifolia/	Spiraea salicifolia	bridewort		live	leaf (terminal)
(clustered)		clustered sucks sap of live growing point			Spiraea salicifolia	Bridewort	Rosales: Rosaceae	Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962, Fjelddalen, J., 1964	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphididae/Brachycaudus spiraeae/	Brachycaudus spiraeae	an aphid		clustered			Foodplant / sap sucker		Foreign	/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Spiraea salicifolia/	Spiraea salicifolia	bridewort		live	growing point

Author & Year	Title	Source
Fjelddalen, J., 1964	Aphids Recorded on Cultivated Plants in Norway 1946-1962	Norsk. Ent. Tidskr. 12: 259-295.

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

Brachycaudus
(a genus of aphids)

INSECTA
(true insects)

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

APHIDIDAE
(greenfly)

APHIDOIDEA
(aphids)

HEMIPTERA
(bugs)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Brachycaudus spiraeae (an aphid)
Genus	Brachycaudus (a genus of aphids)
Family	APHIDIDAE (greenfly)
Superfamily	APHIDOIDEA (aphids)
Suborder	STERNORRHYNCHA (a suborder of bugs)
Order	HEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division	Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Brachycaudus spiraeae is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

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

APHIDIDAE
(greenfly)

APHIDOIDEA
(aphids)

HEMIPTERA
(bugs)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

APHIDIDAE
(greenfly)

APHIDOIDEA
(aphids)

STERNORRHYNCHA
(a suborder of bugs)

HEMIPTERA
(bugs)

PTERYGOTA
(bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

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