Cymus melanocephalus Fieber, 1861
(a seedbug)

Interactions where Cymus melanocephalus 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 Juncus rushes Poales: Juncaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Cymus melanocephalus/Cymus melanocephalusa seedbugadult Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Juncus/Juncusrushes
nymph nymph sucks sap of Juncus rushes Poales: Juncaceae Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Cymus melanocephalus/Cymus melanocephalusa seedbugnymph Foodplant / sap sucker /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Poales/Juncaceae/Juncus/Juncusrushes

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.

Cymus melanocephalus (a seedbug) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Cymus melanocephalus (a seedbug) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCymus melanocephalus (a seedbug)
GenusCymus (a genus of seedbugs)
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 Cymus melanocephalus (a seedbug)

Cymus melanocephalus (a seedbug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Cymus melanocephalus (a seedbug):

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