Elatophilus nigricornis (Zetterstedt, 1838)
(a flower bug)

Interactions where Elatophilus nigricornis 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 needle (young, base) 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/Elatophilus (Elatophilus) nigricornis/Elatophilus (Elatophilus) nigricornisa flower bugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus sylvestris/Pinus sylvestrisScots pineneedle (young, base)
nymph nymph sucks sap of needle (young, base) 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/Elatophilus (Elatophilus) nigricornis/Elatophilus (Elatophilus) nigricornisa flower bugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus sylvestris/Pinus sylvestrisScots pineneedle (young, base)

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.

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesElatophilus nigricornis (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 Elatophilus nigricornis (a flower bug)

Elatophilus nigricornis (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 Elatophilus nigricornis (a flower bug):

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