Deraeocoris olivaceus (Fabricius, 1777)
(a plantbug)

Interactions where Deraeocoris olivaceus 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/Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) olivaceus/Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) olivaceusa plantbugadult Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Insectatrue insects
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/Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) olivaceus/Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) olivaceusa plantbugnymph Animal / predator /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Insectatrue insects
sucks sap of berry (young) Crataegus monogyna Hawthorn Rosales: Rosaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) olivaceus/Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) olivaceusa plantbug Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Crataegus monogyna/Crataegus monogynahawthornberry (young)

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.

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesDeraeocoris olivaceus (a plantbug)
GenusDeraeocoris (a genus of plant bugs)
SubfamilyDERAEOCORINAE (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 Deraeocoris olivaceus (a plantbug)

Deraeocoris olivaceus (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 Deraeocoris olivaceus (a plantbug):

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