Peritrechus lundii (Gmelin, 1790)
(a ground bug)

Interactions where Peritrechus lundii 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 bud Chenopodium album agg. fat hen Caryophyllales: Amaranthaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Peritrechus lundii/Peritrechus lundiia ground bugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Chenopodium album agg./Chenopodium album agg.fat henbud
adult adult sucks sap of seed Chenopodium album agg. fat hen Caryophyllales: Amaranthaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Peritrechus lundii/Peritrechus lundiia ground bugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Chenopodium album agg./Chenopodium album agg.fat henseed
adult adult sucks sap of bud Cerastium fontanum Common Mouse-ear Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Peritrechus lundii/Peritrechus lundiia ground bugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Cerastium fontanum/Cerastium fontanumcommon mouse-earbud
adult adult sucks sap of seed Cerastium fontanum Common Mouse-ear Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Peritrechus lundii/Peritrechus lundiia ground bugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Cerastium fontanum/Cerastium fontanumcommon mouse-earseed
adult adult sucks sap of bud [Herbaceous Plants] herbaceous plants Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Peritrechus lundii/Peritrechus lundiia ground bugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Herbaceous Plants/Herbaceous Plantsherbaceous plantsbud
adult adult sucks sap of seed [Herbaceous Plants] herbaceous plants Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Peritrechus lundii/Peritrechus lundiia ground bugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Herbaceous Plants/Herbaceous Plantsherbaceous plantsseed
nymph nymph sucks sap of bud [Herbaceous Plants] herbaceous plants Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Peritrechus lundii/Peritrechus lundiia ground bugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Herbaceous Plants/Herbaceous Plantsherbaceous plantsbud
nymph nymph sucks sap of seed [Herbaceous Plants] herbaceous plants Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Peritrechus lundii/Peritrechus lundiia ground bugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Herbaceous Plants/Herbaceous Plantsherbaceous plantsseed

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.

Peritrechus lundii (a ground bug) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Peritrechus lundii (a ground bug) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPeritrechus lundii (a ground bug)
GenusPeritrechus (a genus of ground bugs)
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 Peritrechus lundii (a ground bug)

Peritrechus lundii (a ground bug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Peritrechus lundii (a ground bug):

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