Megalocoleus tanaceti (Fallén, 1807)
(a plantbug or grassbug)

Interactions where Megalocoleus tanaceti 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 flower bud Tanacetum vulgare Tansy Asterales: Asteraceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Megalocoleus tanaceti/Megalocoleus tanacetia plantbug or grassbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Tanacetum vulgare/Tanacetum vulgaretansyflower bud (mid 7-early 9)
adult adult sucks sap of flower Tanacetum vulgare Tansy Asterales: Asteraceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Megalocoleus tanaceti/Megalocoleus tanacetia plantbug or grassbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Tanacetum vulgare/Tanacetum vulgaretansyflower (mid 7-early 9)
adult adult sucks sap of fruit (unripe) Tanacetum vulgare Tansy Asterales: Asteraceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Megalocoleus tanaceti/Megalocoleus tanacetia plantbug or grassbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Tanacetum vulgare/Tanacetum vulgaretansyfruit (unripe) (mid 7-early 9)
nymph nymph sucks sap of flower bud Tanacetum vulgare Tansy Asterales: Asteraceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Megalocoleus tanaceti/Megalocoleus tanacetia plantbug or grassbugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Tanacetum vulgare/Tanacetum vulgaretansyflower bud
nymph nymph sucks sap of flower Tanacetum vulgare Tansy Asterales: Asteraceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Megalocoleus tanaceti/Megalocoleus tanacetia plantbug or grassbugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Tanacetum vulgare/Tanacetum vulgaretansyflower
nymph nymph sucks sap of fruit (unripe) Tanacetum vulgare Tansy Asterales: Asteraceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Miridae/Megalocoleus tanaceti/Megalocoleus tanacetia plantbug or grassbugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Tanacetum vulgare/Tanacetum vulgaretansyfruit (unripe)

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.

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

Megalocoleus tanaceti (a plantbug or grassbug) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMegalocoleus tanaceti (a plantbug or grassbug)
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 Megalocoleus tanaceti (a plantbug or grassbug)

Megalocoleus tanaceti (a plantbug or grassbug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Megalocoleus tanaceti (a plantbug or grassbug):

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