Hypseloecus visci (Puton, 1888)
(a mistletoe bug)

Interactions where Hypseloecus visci 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
sucks sap of UK/IrelandRestricted Viscum album Mistletoe Santalales: Santalaceae Mistletoe - a review of its distribution, conservation and insect associates, Briggs, J., 2011
Hypseloecus visci (Purton) (Hemiptera: Miridae) a mistletoe bug new to Britain, Gibbs, D. & Nau, B., 2005
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Hypseloecus visci/Hypseloecus viscia mistletoe bug Foodplant / sap suckerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Santalales/Santalaceae/Viscum album/Viscum albummistletoeSole

Author & YearTitleSource
Briggs, J., 2011Mistletoe - a review of its distribution, conservation and insect associatesBritish Wildlife Vol 23 (1): 23-31.
Gibbs, D. & Nau, B., 2005Hypseloecus visci (Purton) (Hemiptera: Miridae) a mistletoe bug new to BritainBr. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 18: 159-162.

Hypseloecus visci (a mistletoe bug) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Hypseloecus visci (a mistletoe bug) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHypseloecus visci (a mistletoe bug)
TribePilophorini (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 Hypseloecus visci (a mistletoe bug)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Briggs, J. 2011 Mistletoe - a review of its distribution, conservation and insect associates British Wildlife Vol 23 (1): 23-31.
Gibbs, D. & Nau, B. 2005 Hypseloecus visci (Purton) (Hemiptera: Miridae) a mistletoe bug new to Britain Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 18: 159-162.

Hypseloecus visci (a mistletoe bug) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Hypseloecus visci (a mistletoe bug):

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