Aneurus laevis (Fabricius, 1775)
(a flat bark bug)

Interactions where Aneurus laevis 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 feeds on mycelium			FUNGI	true fungi		Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aradidae/Aneurus (Aneurus) laevis/	Aneurus (Aneurus) laevis	a flat bark bug				adult	Fungus / feeder			/Fungi/	Fungi	true fungi				mycelium
nymph		nymph feeds on mycelium			FUNGI	true fungi		Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aradidae/Aneurus (Aneurus) laevis/	Aneurus (Aneurus) laevis	a flat bark bug				nymph	Fungus / feeder			/Fungi/	Fungi	true fungi				mycelium
adult		adult is associated with fungus infected tree			Quercus	oaks	Fagales: Fagaceae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aradidae/Aneurus (Aneurus) laevis/	Aneurus (Aneurus) laevis	a flat bark bug				adult	Plant / associate			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/	Quercus	oaks		fungus infected	tree		Major
adult		adult is associated with dead, fallen, fungus infected log			Quercus	oaks	Fagales: Fagaceae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aradidae/Aneurus (Aneurus) laevis/	Aneurus (Aneurus) laevis	a flat bark bug				adult	Plant / associate			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/	Quercus	oaks		dead, fallen, fungus infected	log		Major
adult		adult may be found under bark			Quercus	oaks	Fagales: Fagaceae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aradidae/Aneurus (Aneurus) laevis/	Aneurus (Aneurus) laevis	a flat bark bug				adult	Plant / resting place / under			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/	Quercus	oaks			bark		Major
nymph		nymph is associated with dead, fallen, fungus infected log			Quercus	oaks	Fagales: Fagaceae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aradidae/Aneurus (Aneurus) laevis/	Aneurus (Aneurus) laevis	a flat bark bug				nymph	Plant / associate			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/	Quercus	oaks		dead, fallen, fungus infected	log		Major
nymph		nymph is associated with fungus infected tree			Quercus	oaks	Fagales: Fagaceae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aradidae/Aneurus (Aneurus) laevis/	Aneurus (Aneurus) laevis	a flat bark bug				nymph	Plant / associate			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/	Quercus	oaks		fungus infected	tree		Major
nymph		nymph may be found under bark			Quercus	oaks	Fagales: Fagaceae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aradidae/Aneurus (Aneurus) laevis/	Aneurus (Aneurus) laevis	a flat bark bug				nymph	Plant / resting place / under			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/	Quercus	oaks			bark		Major
adult		adult is associated with fungus infected tree			[Broadleaved trees]	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aradidae/Aneurus (Aneurus) laevis/	Aneurus (Aneurus) laevis	a flat bark bug				adult	Plant / associate			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		fungus infected	tree
adult		adult is associated with dead, fallen, fungus infected log			[Broadleaved trees]	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aradidae/Aneurus (Aneurus) laevis/	Aneurus (Aneurus) laevis	a flat bark bug				adult	Plant / associate			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		dead, fallen, fungus infected	log
adult		adult may be found under bark			[Broadleaved trees]	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aradidae/Aneurus (Aneurus) laevis/	Aneurus (Aneurus) laevis	a flat bark bug				adult	Plant / resting place / under			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees			bark
nymph		nymph is associated with dead, fallen, fungus infected log			[Broadleaved trees]	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aradidae/Aneurus (Aneurus) laevis/	Aneurus (Aneurus) laevis	a flat bark bug				nymph	Plant / associate			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		dead, fallen, fungus infected	log
nymph		nymph is associated with fungus infected tree			[Broadleaved trees]	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aradidae/Aneurus (Aneurus) laevis/	Aneurus (Aneurus) laevis	a flat bark bug				nymph	Plant / associate			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		fungus infected	tree
nymph		nymph may be found under bark			[Broadleaved trees]	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees		Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Aradidae/Aneurus (Aneurus) laevis/	Aneurus (Aneurus) laevis	a flat bark bug				nymph	Plant / resting place / under			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Broadleaved trees/	Broadleaved trees	broadleaved, frondose or deciduous trees			bark

Author & Year	Title	Source
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles	Wayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.

Aneurus laevis (a flat bark bug) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

INSECTA
(true insects)

Aneurus laevis (a flat bark bug) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

HEMIPTERA
(bugs)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Aneurus laevis (a flat bark bug)
Genus	Aneurus (flat bark bugs)
Family	ARADIDAE (flat bark bugs)
Superfamily	ARADOIDEA (a superfamily of bugs)
Infraorder	Pentatomomorpha (an infraorder of bugs)
Suborder	HETEROPTERA (true bugs)
Order	HEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division	Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Aneurus laevis is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Aneurus laevis (a flat bark bug)

Aneurus laevis (a flat bark bug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Pentatomomorpha
(an infraorder of bugs)

HETEROPTERA
(true bugs)

HEMIPTERA
(bugs)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Aneurus laevis (a flat bark bug):

Pentatomomorpha
(an infraorder of bugs)

HETEROPTERA
(true bugs)

HEMIPTERA
(bugs)

PTERYGOTA
(bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

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