Gonocerus acuteangulatus (Goeze, 1778)
(Box Bug)

Interactions where Gonocerus acuteangulatus 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 MAGNOLIOPSIDA flowering plants /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coreidae/Gonocerus acuteangulatus/Gonocerus acuteangulatusbox bug Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Magnoliopsidaflowering plants
sucks sap of UK/Ireland Buxus sempervirens Box Buxales: Buxaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coreidae/Gonocerus acuteangulatus/Gonocerus acuteangulatusbox bug Foodplant / sap suckerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Buxales/Buxaceae/Buxus sempervirens/Buxus sempervirensbox
sucks sap of Foreign Alnus glutinosa Alder Fagales: Betulaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coreidae/Gonocerus acuteangulatus/Gonocerus acuteangulatusbox bug Foodplant / sap suckerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/Alnus glutinosaalder
sucks sap of Foreign Quercus oaks Fagales: Fagaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coreidae/Gonocerus acuteangulatus/Gonocerus acuteangulatusbox bug Foodplant / sap suckerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Fagaceae/Quercus/Quercusoaks
sucks sap of Foreign RHAMNACEAE buckthorns Rosales Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coreidae/Gonocerus acuteangulatus/Gonocerus acuteangulatusbox bug Foodplant / sap suckerForeign /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rhamnaceae/Rhamnaceaebuckthorns

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.

Gonocerus acuteangulatus (Box Bug) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Gonocerus acuteangulatus (Box Bug) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesGonocerus acuteangulatus (Box Bug)
FamilyCOREIDAE (squashbugs)
SuperfamilyCOREOIDEA (a superfamily of bugs)
InfraorderPentatomomorpha (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 Gonocerus acuteangulatus (Box Bug)

Gonocerus acuteangulatus (Box Bug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Gonocerus acuteangulatus (Box Bug):

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