Eremocoris abietis (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a ground bug)

Interactions where Eremocoris abietis 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 UK/Ireland CUPRESSACEAE cypresses, junipers, redwoods, and red- and incense cedars Pinales Megacoelum beckeri (Fieber) (Hem: Miridae) associated with Cypress Trees, Denton, J., 2011
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Eremocoris abietis/Eremocoris abietisa ground bugadult Foodplant / sap suckerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/Cupressaceaecypresses, junipers, redwoods, and red- and incense cedars
nymph nymph sucks sap of UK/Ireland CUPRESSACEAE cypresses, junipers, redwoods, and red- and incense cedars Pinales Megacoelum beckeri (Fieber) (Hem: Miridae) associated with Cypress Trees, Denton, J., 2011
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Lygaeidae/Eremocoris abietis/Eremocoris abietisa ground bugnymph Foodplant / sap suckerUK and/or Eire /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/Cupressaceaecypresses, junipers, redwoods, and red- and incense cedars

Author & YearTitleSource
Denton, J., 2011Megacoelum beckeri (Fieber) (Hem: Miridae) associated with Cypress TreesBr. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 24 (4): 216.

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

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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEremocoris abietis (a ground bug)
GenusEremocoris (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 Eremocoris abietis (a ground bug)

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

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Denton, J. 2011 Megacoelum beckeri (Fieber) (Hem: Miridae) associated with Cypress Trees Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 24 (4): 216.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Eremocoris abietis (a ground bug):

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