Macroplea mutica (Fabricius, 1792)
(a reed beetle)

Interactions where Macroplea mutica 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 (subaquatic) subaquatic adult grazes on submerged leaf Major Potamogeton pectinatus Fennel Pondweed Alismatales: Potamogetonaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Macroplea mutica/Macroplea muticaa reed beetlesubaquaticadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Potamogetonaceae/Potamogeton pectinatus/Potamogeton pectinatusfennel pondweedsubmergedleafMajor (4-10)
larva larva feeds on root Potamogeton pectinatusQuestionable Fennel Pondweed Alismatales: Potamogetonaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Macroplea mutica/Macroplea muticaa reed beetlelarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Potamogetonaceae/Potamogeton pectinatus/Potamogeton pectinatusfennel pondweed?root
adult (subaquatic) subaquatic adult grazes on submerged leaf Ruppia maritima Beaked Tasselweed Alismatales: Potamogetonaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Macroplea mutica/Macroplea muticaa reed beetlesubaquaticadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Potamogetonaceae/Ruppia maritima/Ruppia maritimabeaked tasselweedsubmergedleaf (4-10)
larva larva feeds on root Ruppia maritimaQuestionable Beaked Tasselweed Alismatales: Potamogetonaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Macroplea mutica/Macroplea muticaa reed beetlelarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Potamogetonaceae/Ruppia maritima/Ruppia maritimabeaked tasselweed?root
adult (subaquatic) subaquatic adult grazes on submerged leaf Zannichellia palustris Horned Pondweed Alismatales: Potamogetonaceae Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations, Bullock, J.A., 1992
Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Macroplea mutica/Macroplea muticaa reed beetlesubaquaticadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Potamogetonaceae/Zannichellia palustris/Zannichellia palustrishorned pondweedsubmergedleaf (4-10)
larva larva feeds on root Zannichellia palustrisQuestionable Horned Pondweed Alismatales: Potamogetonaceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Macroplea mutica/Macroplea muticaa reed beetlelarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Potamogetonaceae/Zannichellia palustris/Zannichellia palustrishorned pondweed?root
adult (subaquatic) subaquatic adult grazes on submerged leaf Zostera marina Eelgrass Alismatales: Zosteraceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Macroplea mutica/Macroplea muticaa reed beetlesubaquaticadult Foodplant / open feeder /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Zosteraceae/Zostera (Zostera) marina/Zostera (Zostera) marinaeelgrasssubmergedleaf (4-10)
larva larva feeds on root Zostera marinaQuestionable Eelgrass Alismatales: Zosteraceae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Macroplea mutica/Macroplea muticaa reed beetlelarva Foodplant / feeds on /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Alismatales/Zosteraceae/Zostera (Zostera) marina/Zostera (Zostera) marinaeelgrass?root

Author & YearTitleSource
Bullock, J.A., 1992Host Plants of British Beetles: A List of Recorded Associations11a, 24pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Cox, M.L., 2007Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland336pp, Pisces Publications

Macroplea mutica (a reed beetle) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Macroplea mutica (a reed beetle) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMacroplea mutica (a reed beetle)
SubfamilyDONACIINAE (reed beetles)
FamilyCHRYSOMELIDAE (leaf and flea beetles)
SuperfamilyCHRYSOMELOIDEA (leaf, longhorn and seed beetles)
Series Cucujiformia (a group of beetles)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
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 Macroplea mutica (a reed beetle)

Macroplea mutica (a reed beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Macroplea mutica (a reed beetle):

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