Dicyphus globulifer (Fallén, 1829)
(a plantbug)

Interactions where Dicyphus globulifer 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 is associated with live Silene dioica Red Campion Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Dicyphus (Brachyceroea) globulifer/Dicyphus (Brachyceroea) globulifera plantbugadult Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene dioica/Silene dioicared campionlive
nymph nymph is associated with live Silene dioica Red Campion Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Dicyphus (Brachyceroea) globulifer/Dicyphus (Brachyceroea) globulifera plantbugnymph Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene dioica/Silene dioicared campionlive (6-early 8)
adult adult is associated with live Silene latifolia White Campion Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Dicyphus (Brachyceroea) globulifer/Dicyphus (Brachyceroea) globulifera plantbugadult Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene latifolia/Silene latifoliawhite campionlive
nymph nymph is associated with live Silene latifolia White Campion Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Dicyphus (Brachyceroea) globulifer/Dicyphus (Brachyceroea) globulifera plantbugnymph Plant / associate /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Silene latifolia/Silene latifoliawhite campionlive (6-early 8)

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.

Dicyphus globulifer (a plantbug) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Dicyphus globulifer (a plantbug) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDicyphus globulifer (a plantbug)
GenusDicyphus (a genus of plantbugs)
TribeDicyphini (a tribe of capsid bugs)
SubfamilyMIRINAE (a subfamily of capsid bugs and grass 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 Dicyphus globulifer (a plantbug)

Dicyphus globulifer (a plantbug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Dicyphus globulifer (a plantbug):

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