Psallus salicis (Kirschbaum, 1856)
(a plantbug)

Interactions where Psallus salicis 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 Alnus glutinosa Alder Fagales: Betulaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Psallus (Psallus) salicis/Psallus (Psallus) salicisa plantbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/Alnus glutinosaalder (late 7-9)
imago imago feeds on UK/Ireland Alnus glutinosa Alder Fagales: Betulaceae Notes on the Recording and Identification of Psallus, Nau, B.S., 1984
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Psallus (Psallus) salicis/Psallus (Psallus) salicisa plantbugimago Foodplant / feeds onUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/Alnus glutinosaalder (7)8(9)
nymph nymph sucks sap of Alnus glutinosa Alder Fagales: Betulaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Psallus (Psallus) salicis/Psallus (Psallus) salicisa plantbugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Alnus glutinosa/Alnus glutinosaalder

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPsallus salicis (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 salicis (a plantbug)

Psallus salicis (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 salicis (a plantbug):

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