Psallus ambiguus (Fallén, 1807)
(a plantbug)

Interactions where Psallus ambiguus 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 predator of INSECTA true insects Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Psallus (Mesopsallus) ambiguus/Psallus (Mesopsallus) ambiguusa plantbugadult Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Insectatrue insects (5-8)
nymph nymph is predator of INSECTA true insects Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Psallus (Mesopsallus) ambiguus/Psallus (Mesopsallus) ambiguusa plantbugnymph Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Insectatrue insects (5)
adult adult is predator of APHIDOIDEA aphids Hemiptera Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Psallus (Mesopsallus) ambiguus/Psallus (Mesopsallus) ambiguusa plantbugadult Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphidoidea/Aphidoideaaphids (5-8)
nymph nymph is predator of APHIDOIDEA aphids Hemiptera Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Psallus (Mesopsallus) ambiguus/Psallus (Mesopsallus) ambiguusa plantbugnymph Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aphidoidea/Aphidoideaaphids (5)
adult adult sucks sap of UK/Ireland Alnus glutinosa Alder Fagales: Betulaceae Notes on the Recording and Identification of Psallus, Nau, B.S., 1984
Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Psallus (Mesopsallus) ambiguus/Psallus (Mesopsallus) ambiguusa plantbugadult Foodplant / sap suckerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/Alnus glutinosaalder (5)6-7(8)
nymph nymph sucks sap of UK/Ireland Alnus glutinosa Alder Fagales: Betulaceae Notes on the Recording and Identification of Psallus, Nau, B.S., 1984
Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Psallus (Mesopsallus) ambiguus/Psallus (Mesopsallus) ambiguusa plantbugnymph Foodplant / sap suckerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/Alnus glutinosaalder (5)
adult adult sucks sap of UK/Ireland Salix willows Malpighiales: Salicaceae Notes on the Recording and Identification of Psallus, Nau, B.S., 1984
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Psallus (Mesopsallus) ambiguus/Psallus (Mesopsallus) ambiguusa plantbugadult Foodplant / sap suckerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix/Salixwillows (5-8)
nymph nymph sucks sap of UK/Ireland Salix willows Malpighiales: Salicaceae Notes on the Recording and Identification of Psallus, Nau, B.S., 1984
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Psallus (Mesopsallus) ambiguus/Psallus (Mesopsallus) ambiguusa plantbugnymph Foodplant / sap suckerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix/Salixwillows (5)
adult adult sucks sap of Salix caprea Goat Willow, Sallow Malpighiales: Salicaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Psallus (Mesopsallus) ambiguus/Psallus (Mesopsallus) ambiguusa plantbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix caprea/Salix capreagoat willow, sallow (5-8)
nymph nymph sucks sap of Salix caprea Goat Willow, Sallow Malpighiales: Salicaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Psallus (Mesopsallus) ambiguus/Psallus (Mesopsallus) ambiguusa plantbugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix caprea/Salix capreagoat willow, sallow (5)
adult adult sucks sap of Salix cinerea Grey Willow, Common Sallow Malpighiales: Salicaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Psallus (Mesopsallus) ambiguus/Psallus (Mesopsallus) ambiguusa plantbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix cinerea/Salix cinereagrey willow, common sallow (5-8)
nymph nymph sucks sap of Salix cinerea Grey Willow, Common Sallow Malpighiales: Salicaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Psallus (Mesopsallus) ambiguus/Psallus (Mesopsallus) ambiguusa plantbugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Salicaceae/Salix cinerea/Salix cinereagrey willow, common sallow (5)
adult adult sucks sap of UK/Ireland Crataegus hawthorns Rosales: Rosaceae Notes on the Recording and Identification of Psallus, Nau, B.S., 1984
Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Psallus (Mesopsallus) ambiguus/Psallus (Mesopsallus) ambiguusa plantbugadult Foodplant / sap suckerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Crataegus/Crataegushawthorns (5-8)
nymph nymph sucks sap of UK/Ireland Crataegus hawthorns Rosales: Rosaceae Notes on the Recording and Identification of Psallus, Nau, B.S., 1984
Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Psallus (Mesopsallus) ambiguus/Psallus (Mesopsallus) ambiguusa plantbugnymph Foodplant / sap suckerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Crataegus/Crataegushawthorns (5)
adult adult sucks sap of UK/Ireland Malus apples Rosales: Rosaceae Notes on the Recording and Identification of Psallus, Nau, B.S., 1984
Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Psallus (Mesopsallus) ambiguus/Psallus (Mesopsallus) ambiguusa plantbugadult Foodplant / sap suckerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus/Malusapples (5-8)
nymph nymph sucks sap of UK/Ireland Malus apples Rosales: Rosaceae Notes on the Recording and Identification of Psallus, Nau, B.S., 1984
Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Psallus (Mesopsallus) ambiguus/Psallus (Mesopsallus) ambiguusa plantbugnymph Foodplant / sap suckerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus/Malusapples (5)

Author & YearTitleSource
Nau, B.S., 1984Notes on the Recording and Identification of PsallusHet News 4.
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959Land and Water Bugs of the British IslesWayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPsallus ambiguus (a plantbug)
GenusPsallus (a genus of plantbugs)
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 Psallus ambiguus (a plantbug)

Psallus ambiguus (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 Psallus ambiguus (a plantbug):

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