Heterogaster urticae (Fabricius, 1775)
(Nettle Groundbug)

Interactions where Heterogaster urticae 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 sucks sap of Restricted Urtica dioica Common Nettle Rosales: Urticaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Heterogaster urticae/Heterogaster urticaenettle groundbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Urticaceae/Urtica dioica/Urtica dioicacommon nettleSole
nymph nymph sucks sap of Restricted Urtica dioica Common Nettle Rosales: Urticaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Heterogaster urticae/Heterogaster urticaenettle groundbugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Urticaceae/Urtica dioica/Urtica dioicacommon nettleSole

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.

Heterogaster urticae (Nettle Groundbug) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Heterogaster urticae (Nettle Groundbug) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHeterogaster urticae (Nettle Groundbug)
FamilyLYGAEIDAE (seed bugs or ground bugs)
SuperfamilyLYGAEOIDEA (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 Heterogaster urticae (Nettle Groundbug)

Heterogaster urticae (Nettle Groundbug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource

Regional

Ødegaard, F. & Endrestøl, A. 2007 Establishment and range expansion of some new Heteroptera (Hemiptera) in Norway NJE Vol 54 (2): 117-124.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Heterogaster urticae (Nettle Groundbug):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 12 images of Heterogaster urticae (Nettle Groundbug)
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