Cimex columbarius Jenyns, 1839
(Pigeon Bug)

Interactions where Cimex columbarius 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 the blood of UK/Ireland Columba livia (feral) Feral Pigeon Columbiformes: Columbidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Cimicidae/Cimex columbarius/Cimex columbariuspigeon bugadult Animal / parasite / ectoparasite / blood suckerUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Columbiformes/Columbidae/Columba livia (feral)/Columba livia (feral)feral pigeon
nymph nymph sucks the blood of UK/Ireland Columba livia (feral) Feral Pigeon Columbiformes: Columbidae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Cimicidae/Cimex columbarius/Cimex columbariuspigeon bugnymph Animal / parasite / ectoparasite / blood suckerUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Columbiformes/Columbidae/Columba livia (feral)/Columba livia (feral)feral pigeon

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.

Cimex columbarius (Pigeon Bug) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Cimex columbarius (Pigeon Bug) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCimex columbarius (Pigeon Bug)
GenusCimex (bed bugs)
FamilyCIMICIDAE (bed bugs)
SuperfamilyCIMICOIDEA (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 Cimex columbarius (Pigeon Bug)

Cimex columbarius (Pigeon Bug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Cimex columbarius (Pigeon Bug):

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