Bryocoris pteridis (Fallén, 1807)
(Fernbug)

Interactions where Bryocoris pteridis 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
adult adult sucks sap of FILICOPSIDA leptosporangiate ferns Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Bryocoris pteridis/Bryocoris pteridisfernbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Filicopsida/Filicopsidaleptosporangiate ferns
nymph nymph sucks sap of FILICOPSIDA leptosporangiate ferns Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Bryocoris pteridis/Bryocoris pteridisfernbugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Filicopsida/Filicopsidaleptosporangiate ferns
adult adult sucks sap of Major Athyrium filix-femina Lady Fern, Lady-fern Polypodiales: Athyriaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Bryocoris pteridis/Bryocoris pteridisfernbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Polypodiales/Athyriaceae/Athyrium filix-femina/Athyrium filix-feminalady fern, lady-fernMajor
nymph nymph sucks sap of Major Athyrium filix-femina Lady Fern, Lady-fern Polypodiales: Athyriaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Bryocoris pteridis/Bryocoris pteridisfernbugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Polypodiales/Athyriaceae/Athyrium filix-femina/Athyrium filix-feminalady fern, lady-fernMajor
adult adult sucks sap of Major Dryopteris filix-mas agg. male fern Polypodiales: Dryopteridaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Bryocoris pteridis/Bryocoris pteridisfernbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Polypodiales/Dryopteridaceae/Dryopteris filix-mas agg./Dryopteris filix-mas agg.male fernMajor
nymph nymph sucks sap of Major Dryopteris filix-mas agg. male fern Polypodiales: Dryopteridaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Bryocoris pteridis/Bryocoris pteridisfernbugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Pteridophyta/Polypodiopsida/Polypodiales/Dryopteridaceae/Dryopteris filix-mas agg./Dryopteris filix-mas agg.male fernMajor

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.

Bryocoris pteridis (Fernbug) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Bryocoris pteridis (Fernbug) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBryocoris pteridis (Fernbug)
SubfamilyBRYOCORINAE (fern capsids)
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 Bryocoris pteridis (Fernbug)

Bryocoris pteridis (Fernbug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Bryocoris pteridis (Fernbug):

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