Hoplomachus thunbergii (Fallén, 1807)
(a plantbug or grassbug)

Interactions where Hoplomachus thunbergii 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 Pilosella officinarum Mouse-ear Hawkweed, Mouse-ear-hawkweed Asterales: Asteraceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Hoplomachus thunbergii/Hoplomachus thunbergiia plantbug or grassbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Pilosella officinarum/Pilosella officinarummouse-ear hawkweed, mouse-ear-hawkweed (early 6-late 7)
adult adult pollinates or fertilises flower Pilosella officinarum Mouse-ear Hawkweed, Mouse-ear-hawkweed Asterales: Asteraceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Hoplomachus thunbergii/Hoplomachus thunbergiia plantbug or grassbugadult Plant / pollinated /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Pilosella officinarum/Pilosella officinarummouse-ear hawkweed, mouse-ear-hawkweedflower (early 6-late 7)
nymph nymph sucks sap of Pilosella officinarum Mouse-ear Hawkweed, Mouse-ear-hawkweed Asterales: Asteraceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Hoplomachus thunbergii/Hoplomachus thunbergiia plantbug or grassbugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Pilosella officinarum/Pilosella officinarummouse-ear hawkweed, mouse-ear-hawkweed

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.

Hoplomachus thunbergii (a plantbug or grassbug) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Hoplomachus thunbergii (a plantbug or grassbug) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHoplomachus thunbergii (a plantbug or grassbug)
TribePhylini (a tribe of capsid bugs)
SubfamilyPHYLINAE (a subfamily of capsid 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 Hoplomachus thunbergii (a plantbug or grassbug)

Hoplomachus thunbergii (a plantbug or grassbug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Hoplomachus thunbergii (a plantbug or grassbug):

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