Chilacis typhae (Perris, 1857)
(Bulrush Bug)

Interactions where Chilacis typhae 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 seed head Typha latifolia Bulrush, Greater Reedmace Poales: Typhaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Chilacis typhae/Chilacis typhaebulrush bugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Typha latifolia/Typha latifoliabulrush, greater reedmaceseed head
nymph nymph sucks sap of seed head Typha latifolia Bulrush, Greater Reedmace Poales: Typhaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Chilacis typhae/Chilacis typhaebulrush bugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Typhaceae/Typha latifolia/Typha latifoliabulrush, greater reedmaceseed head

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.

Chilacis typhae (Bulrush Bug) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Chilacis typhae (Bulrush Bug) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesChilacis typhae (Bulrush Bug)
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 Chilacis typhae (Bulrush Bug)

Chilacis typhae (Bulrush Bug) 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 Chilacis typhae (Bulrush Bug):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 3 images of Chilacis typhae (Bulrush Bug)
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