Acompocoris pygmaeus (Fallén, 1807)
(a flower bug)

Interactions where Acompocoris pygmaeus is the controlling partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see '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
adult adult sucks sap of PINOPSIDA conifers Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Anthocoridae/Acompocoris pygmaeus/Acompocoris pygmaeusa flower bugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinopsidaconifers
nymph nymph sucks sap of PINOPSIDA conifers Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Anthocoridae/Acompocoris pygmaeus/Acompocoris pygmaeusa flower bugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinopsidaconifers
adult adult sucks sap of Major Pinus sylvestris Scots Pine Pinales: Pinaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Anthocoridae/Acompocoris pygmaeus/Acompocoris pygmaeusa flower bugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus sylvestris/Pinus sylvestrisScots pineMajor
nymph nymph sucks sap of Major Pinus sylvestris Scots Pine Pinales: Pinaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Anthocoridae/Acompocoris pygmaeus/Acompocoris pygmaeusa flower bugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus sylvestris/Pinus sylvestrisScots pineMajor

Acompocoris pygmaeus (a flower bug) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Acompocoris pygmaeus (a flower bug) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Author & YearTitleSource
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959Land and Water Bugs of the British IslesWayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.
Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAcompocoris pygmaeus (a flower bug)
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 Acompocoris pygmaeus (a flower bug)

Acompocoris pygmaeus (a flower bug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Acompocoris pygmaeus (a flower bug):

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