Pria dulcamarae (Scopoli, 1763)
(a pollen or sap beetle)

Interactions where Pria dulcamarae 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 Solanum dulcamara Woody Nightshade, Bittersweet Solanales: Solanaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Nitidulidae/Pria dulcamarae/Pria dulcamaraea pollen or sap beetlelarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Solanum dulcamara/Solanum dulcamarawoody nightshade, bittersweet
larva larva feeds on Solanum nigrum Black Nightshade Solanales: Solanaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Nitidulidae/Pria dulcamarae/Pria dulcamaraea pollen or sap beetlelarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Solanales/Solanaceae/Solanum nigrum/Solanum nigrumblack nightshade

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

Pria dulcamarae (a pollen or sap beetle) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Pria dulcamarae (a pollen or sap beetle) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPria dulcamarae (a pollen or sap beetle)
FamilyNITIDULIDAE (pollen and sap beetles)
SuperfamilyCUCUJOIDEA (a superfamily of beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
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 Pria dulcamarae (a pollen or sap beetle)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Kirk-Spriggs, A.H. 1996 Pollen Beetles - Coleoptera: Kateretidae and Nitidulidae: meligethinae. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 5, Part 6a, 157pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Pria dulcamarae (a pollen or sap beetle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Pria dulcamarae (a pollen or sap beetle):

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