Tuponia mixticolor (A. Costa, 1862)
(a capsid bug)

Interactions where Tuponia mixticolor 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
sucks sap of UK/IrelandRestricted Tamarix gallica Tamarisk Caryophyllales: Tamaricaceae /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Tuponia (Tuponia) mixticolor/Tuponia (Tuponia) mixticolora capsid bug Foodplant / sap suckerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Tamaricaceae/Tamarix gallica/Tamarix gallicatamariskSole

Tuponia mixticolor (a capsid bug) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Tuponia mixticolor (a capsid bug) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

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Tuponia carayoni
Synonym
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTuponia mixticolor (a capsid bug)
GenusTuponia (a genus of bugs)
FamilyMIRIDAE (capsid bugs, plant bugs, and grassbugs)
SuperfamilyMIROIDEA (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 Tuponia mixticolor (a capsid bug)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Nau, B.S. 1980 Tuponia carayoni Wagner (Hem., Miridae) new to Britain Ent. Mon. Mag. 116: 83-84.

Tuponia mixticolor (a capsid bug) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Tuponia mixticolor (a capsid bug):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 6 images of Tuponia mixticolor (a capsid bug)
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